We found Saturn!
" wrote:
Thanks for the tips on locating Saturn.
If you want to build yourself a rough angle estimator - and I mean
rough - get a piece of white cardboard and cut three cutouts in it
along the edge.
One of four inches, one of two and one of 1 inch. Make a hole in the
center and thread a 23 inch length of string through it.
Hold the one end of the string under your eye and extend the cardboard
to the full length of the string. The 4 inch notch is a 10 degree
angle, the 2 inch a 5 degree and the 1 inch a 2 and a half degree
angle. Use this on the sky a while and you will soon be able to
estimate angles without it.
Eugene L Griessel
The nipple - the only intuitive user interface, everything else must
be learnt.
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