On Friday, November 22, 2013, J. Forster wrote: > If the telescope on your transit can go to your lattitude, sight Polaris > and you're done after a simple calculation.
This is the simplest high-accuracy solution. Celestial navigation is your friend. A magnetic compass is the simplest solution. Magnetic variation is found on all VFR aviation navigation charts. 2 degrees is an interesting number. It seems either too accurate or not accurate enough for most applications I can think of. <https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 706 Flightline Drive Spring Branch, TX 78070 br...@lloyd.com +1.916.877.5067 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
