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Re: Is it lunch yet?
From: Greg R_
Date: 2006 Jun 21, 21:30 -0700

--- Guy Schwartz  wrote:

> When taking a noon sight, lets say LAN is 1208. What is a good time
> bracket to consider ( how much before and after LAN).

I've had good luck with about 20 minutes before (and 20 after if you
really want to graph the results). If you're happy with the quality of
your sights, you can just set one of your before-noon Hs readings into
the sextant and wait for the sun to drop back to that altitude.

> What is an approaite interval for the sights (every X minutes)?

I generally use 2 minutes (I've got one of those repeating multi-timers
set to give a standby 10 seconds before, and then a "mark it" signal at
2 minute intervals).

--
GregR

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