Hey All,
I apologize but I made an error in the Excel
spreadsheet calculator that was posted at Kevin's site
earlier. If you have used the calculator, your dates
are off by 1 day. If you look down the left column and
see Oct 9, for instance, it really should read Oct 10.
So you need to add +1 day to each date down the left
side of the table. This is good news since it buys you
one more day of observations. When Kevin gets the
updated spreadsheet on to his site I'll send out an
email.
For those of you who I have hand-created tables
for your specific location and GMT Offset, please add
1 day to each entry in the left column of those text
tables. Again, sorry about the confusion - I'll get
this down at some point!
And you should also know that you should not stop
observing after the time of eclipse each night. You
should continue to look west of the "Purple Dot",
along the PD Dec. and after midnight look east of the
Purple Dot along the PD Dec. line. I have yet to get
out early enough to see if this calculor is 100%
correct, but I have seen many flaring (naked eye
visible) geosats in the last few nights that are not
at the PD. Please tell me if you are sucessful or not
with this aid.
Regards,
Jeff Umbarger
jumbarger2000@yahoo.com
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