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Re: Sun squash- was Green Flash and Longitude
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2006 Jan 20, 01:17 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2006 Jan 20, 01:17 -0500
On Jan 20, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Bill wrote: >> He then checked the clock time of the camera with the GPS time for >> the >> chronometer correction and used the PC-Nav DOS program from Davis >> and cranked >> out the program. > > "He checked clock time of the camera with the GPS time." What am I > missing > here as to why he needed a sextant to find position? Is one of my > legs now > longer than the other ;-) > > Bill Yup. Good catch Bill!
