[AZ-Observing] Re: New scope
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:09:07 -0700 (MST)
>> [re Steve Coe not finding planets...]
>> in many GOTO mounts/scopes the calculations to find the Moon/Planets
>> are subject to rounding error....
Even without round-off, it seems likely the date (epoch) of
the elements must inevitably be something not current, so offsets
of a quarter of a degree wouldn't be too surprising, depending on
the object involved.
\Brian
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