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Frank,
The star question has been covered to my satisfaction (at least to my
inexpert standards!). But I also posed the earth-bound question along
with the star question.
I am specifically wondering whether a ship could ever appear to sink
below the horizon even though it actually was above it. My
understanding is that normally ships appear higher than they really
are.
Thanks,
Fred
On Jul 13, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Frank Reed wrote:
> Fred H wrote:
> "I am trying to get at the question of objects located on earth, or
> near, rather than stars."
>
> Can you rephrase of give a practical example of what you're thinking
> of? I would say most everyone who responded so far assumed that you
> WERE asking about stars.
>
> Frank R
> [ ] Mystic, Connecticut
> [X] Chicago, Illinois
