Greetings all, I know this is off topic but I didn't know what other group to pose this question...What is the equivalent of Arc minutes to Km's or Degrees to Km's. I just observed The Noss 2-3 triplet going through Ursa Major with my binos and started to think if all three can fit in my field of view and my field of view is 1.8 degrees in diameter and at the end of the pass the leader and follower were just at the maximum of my field of view. How many Km's apart would they be if I could translate degrees into Km's? I measured angular separation between two of them (leader and follower) and came up with around 1d and 41m. That reminds me of a question someone asked me awhile back which was, which state in the United States would fit nicely into the bowl of the big dipper? The big dipper being 10d by 5d, it didn't appear to be that big for a state to fit inside of it or am I wrong...I didn't know...anyone out there care to take a stab? Russ Bessom Lat 49d 14m 0s N Lon 7d 19m 0s E 325 mtr UTC +1.00 Zweibruecken Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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