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Thanks George. I was assuming that they would add 60, 120 etc as required,
but best not to assume, I guess.
Jim Thompson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Huxtable
>
> Jim Thompson said-
> >And then, to average a run of acceptable sights:
> >4. Average time by adding up the minutes and seconds and dividing by the
> >number of sights, then adding that average to the whole hour.
> >5. Average altitude by adding up the minutes and seconds and
> dividing by the
> >number of sights, then adding that average to the whole degrees.
>
> BEWARE. That advice could lead your readers into serious trouble, if they
> try to average that way a set of readings that spans a change-of-degrees,
> or a change-of hours!
