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Re: Sextant accuracy with short distance to horizon


Subject: Re: Sextant accuracy with short distance to horizon
From: Dan Hogan (dhhogan@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 11:57:06 EDT


All:

The Silicon Sea Index Error(IE) has been -2.5' for the last couple of
problems. I forgot to change the "Note" for the problems I already had in
progress. Sorry.

On 22 Jun 2001, at 10:26, Steven Wepster wrote:

> Dear Dan,
>
> Concerning your repeaterd error of 68': might that be a systematic
> error in the reduction? E.g., you've opened the almanac on the wrong
> page... That's surely not meant as an insult. It happens to us all
> once in a while (or am I unique in this respect?)
>
> _Steven

Dan Hogan
dhhogan@XXX.XXX





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