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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Rob Kimberley
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:50 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Interesting Graphical Clock
Not quite what I
Bill Hawkins wrote:
> OK, there are serious sources of error in making a one-time
> solar transit measurement.
>
> What I propose is a differential method, a favorite of
> instrument makers to reduce errors. This is possible
> because the equation of time makes a correction of only
> one percent or
OK, there are serious sources of error in making a one-time
solar transit measurement.
What I propose is a differential method, a favorite of
instrument makers to reduce errors. This is possible
because the equation of time makes a correction of only
one percent or so.
A steady platform with a si
Tom Van Baak wrote:
>> Accuracy still won't be much better than1% of the solar diameter or
>> about 1 second of time nowhere near the o.1 sec or better hoped for.
>> Bruce
>>
>
> Bruce,
>
> Can you show us how to derive the accuracy number?
>
> I would have guessed that with fractional degree
Not quite what I was expecting!
Try the attached, which I found and modified for my own use a few years
back. Works OK in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox - need to check
settings.
Rob
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