Re: A few questions from a beginner.
Bart De Pontieu (BDP@MPEPL)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:11:50 +0100 (CET)
Earlier I wrote:
>Willie Koorts writes:
>>Then I have a more practical question for all you experienced BWGS observers
>>out there. In the PPAS format, cols. 19-28, where one reports the end time of
>>an observation, the recommended format is hh:mm:ss.t. How can one know this
>>time so accurately when using a stopwatch?
>
>I think the way people do this is by stopping (or starting) their stopwatch
>on a known time-signal they pick up from radio, etc.
I forgot to mention that for the PPAS it is not necessary to give the time
of observation down to tenths of seconds. Many observers only give seconds
or even minutes as most significant digit.
Cheers,
Bart
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