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January 17th 05, 04:41 PM
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Location conversion
Could somebody please explain how my location 52.29.370N becomes 52.4936N in
some of my astronomy programs. Regards 
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January 17th 05, 04:47 PM
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:41:13 GMT, "Tony Pagett"
wrote: Could somebody please explain how my location 52.29.370N becomes 52.4936N in some of my astronomy programs. Regards 52 degrees = 52 degrees 29 arc minutes = 29/60 degrees = 0.483333333 degrees 37 arc seconds = 37/3600 degrees = 0.010277778 degrees Add them all together and you get 52 deg 29 arcmin 37 arcsec = 52.493611111 degrees, or 52.4936 degrees to 4dp. -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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