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Re: help with sun sights
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2011 Jan 14, 23:44 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2011 Jan 14, 23:44 -0800
Alan wrote:
"Re sight reduction of moon shots subtract V when Moon GHA gets smaller."
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The GHA of the moon never gets smaller, it is always increasing, something to do with the earth turning on its axis. You apply the "v" correction to account for the differences in the rate that the GHA of the moon is increasing.
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