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Re: Sun sights during an eclipse: "bad limb" calculation
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2023 Oct 18, 13:24 -0700
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2023 Oct 18, 13:24 -0700
Kermit et al,
I have difficulties to understand why refraction does not modify times of contact. As the semidiameters are different with and without refraction (a few tenths of an arcsecond or so), I translate this into a time difference of contact. According to my calculations the first contact is made 0.6s later without refraction, and the last contact is made 2.3s earlier without refraction.
Lars
