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Here is another lunar report,
this time the angle exceeds 120.
The data is corrected for index error
which this time I determined as -0.3'
(from Altair-to-itself).
Oct 31 (GMT) T=53F, pres: 29.82, height 12ft.
Lat 40d37.2' N, Long 85d55.8 W Moon-Altair, far limb:
GMT 04:14:27 04:21:43 4:41:01 4:44:30 05:01:27
DIST 123d32.5' 123d33.8' 123d37.1' 123d37.5' 123d38.7'
ERD 0.5 0.3' 0.3' 0.3' 0.3
It look like my sextant has some arc distortion at large arcs.
I am going to make a table of it using star-to-star distances.
Alex.
