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Old 09-26-07, 01:41 PM   #26
Munchausen
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Polaris is hard to find for me.
The easiest way to find Polaris is to use the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). The following PDF file illustrates:

http://www.fvastro.org/beginners/beginner-part1.pdf

Notice how the front edge of the "dipper" points directly to Polaris. If you'd like a complete sky chart, try this one:

http://observe.phy.sfasu.edu/SFAStar...rChartsAll.pdf

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The SR time however was 2 minutes too late consistently. By the time the calculated SR time came around the sun was always exactly 1/2 way out of the water.
The halfway point is suspect ... interior lighting always switches from night (red or blue) to day when the sun reaches its halfway point ... and switches back at the same halfway point during sunset.

I assume you're using the sun tables that came with the mod. If so, what specific corrections are you making to adjust for your current position?
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