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Re: John Michell lecture
May 18, 2016, 13:25
cerrig wrote:

including your method for finding the horizon altitude, remotely. This is not a particularly difficult equation. There are various factors to take into account, but you have a 2 degree tolerance so that should allow for the refraction issue.



This indicates how much at sea you are and a misunderstanding of the basic teminology .
The altitude does include refraction .i.e. the altitude is apparent alt. - refraction
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