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Subject: Re: Lunar distances
From: Dan Allen (danallen46@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 11:09:02 EST
Yes, I think you have the right audience in mind.
I have a copy of Stark's book and it contains no theory. I bought
it thinking it would explain lunars to me, but I learned nothing at all
from it. It contains a two page preface, two pages on "Making the Observation",
and five pages on "Using the tables" followed by 301 pages of tables. There
is not a single equation in the book and the source of the tables is not
explained or described at all. If you want to understand lunars, this
book is not for you.
Dan Allen
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I am also informed by Eric of Bruce Stark's "Tables for Clearing the Lunar
Distance and Finding G.M.T. by Sextant Observation", and would be
interested to hear listmembers' opinions about this book.
However I have had to work on the basis of writing for members who have
access to none of those works, and are new to lunars, but are familiar with
the basics of ordinary astronavigation and the measurement of altitude by
sextant. Would that pitch it about right?
George Huxtable.
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