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Re: A small puzzle
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 10:45 AM
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 10:45 AM
Richard B. Emerson writes: > Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to figure out what went > wrong with the star sight. I suspect you were off on the time. If you were off by about 10 min (a single digit error) the sights for Betelgeuse make more sense, not on, but close: At 39:04N 74:40W Hc for Betelgeuse is UTC Alt. 9:29:00 35:01:27 9:30:00 35:12:19 9:31:00 35:23:09 9:32:00 35:33:59 9:33:00 35:44:48 9:34:00 35:55:35 9:35:00 36:06:22 9:36:00 36:17:08 9:37:00 36:27:52 9:38:00 36:38:36 9:39:00 36:49:19 9:40:00 37:00:00 9:41:00 37:10:41 9:42:00 37:21:20 Values obtained by using Xephem. -- -Mike Wescott wescott@conterra.com