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Re: Sun sights during an eclipse: "bad limb" calculation
From: Chuck Varney
Date: 2023 Oct 11, 16:27 -0700
From: Chuck Varney
Date: 2023 Oct 11, 16:27 -0700
Geoff Hitchcox,
I used JPL Horizons with the 'test' calculation method you recently described. I did it with the standard atmospheric refraction model selected,
with these results for times of the first and last contact: 15:36:8.0 UT and 18:51:11.0 UT.
Chuck V