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Subject: Re: Sextant Accuracy and anomalous dip.
From: Gary Harkins (HTYCGARY@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 19:48:15 EST
In a message dated 3/17/2003 2:45:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
george@XXX.XXX writes:
> My general objective is to get these observations as accurate as
> possible, say to within 0.1 or 0.2 miles. I'm not sure why I have this
> objective, but it persists.
Is your house at sea level? If not you will have error caused by your
elevation. Usually these can be ignored at moderate elevations, but in your
case, attempting to get ultimate accuracy, they may be a factor. The error
will be greater when the sight is a smaller Hs.
Just a thought!
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
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