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Old July 8th 04, 11:54 PM
Brian Tung
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Earlier today, I ordered one of the new Sky Publishing planispheres,
advertised in the last couple of issues of Sky and Telescope. I bought
the one for 40 degrees. Does anyone else have one of these?

The reason I ask is that the example depicted in the ad seems to show a
minor printing error: The declination hash marks for +30 and +60 seem
to be too low. For example, Izar (epsilon Bootis) has a declination of
+27, yet it appears to be *north* of the hash mark for +30. A similar
problem appears at +60. The hash marks for the equator and -30 seem to
be pretty close. Can anyone who has a specimen confirm or deny this
apparent misprint?

Brian Tung
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Old July 10th 04, 01:55 AM
Howard Lester
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"Paul Lawler" wrote

"Tony Flanders" wrote


The hash marks on mine are in the right place.


Oh sure... they gave YOU the good one! g


I got the other good one.

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Old July 10th 04, 01:55 AM
Howard Lester
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"Paul Lawler" wrote

"Tony Flanders" wrote


The hash marks on mine are in the right place.


Oh sure... they gave YOU the good one! g


I got the other good one.

Howard Lester




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