Yesterday's (March 4) Real Life Adventures cartoon.
Must be slightly west of the Central Meridian, of his state!
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Whatever I say it is!
CIO = Conventional International Origin (with respect to observations of Chandler Motion). See: ser7@maia.usno.navy.mil
[sarcasm]The opposite of True South...[/sarcasm]
Cliff you are only about 15 years behind times. CIO DOES NOT MEAN Conventional International Orgin.
It now ( and has been for around 15 years) stand for " Celestial Intermediate Origin"
see page M3 of "The Astronomical Almanac year 2015"
Note: If one was to apply the pole corrections to their 1st order Azimuth it would only amount to about 3/10 of a second of arc (max).
Does anybody on this board do a 1st order azimuth determination?
1st order and 2nd order class 1; 16 D&R on 2 different nights (using a 1st order Theodolite , Wild T3 or Kern DKM3 or better). Standard deviation of the mean 0.45 seconds.
JOHN NOLTON
Tombstone, AZ.
While both the North Pole and South Pole are interesting places that probably hold a lot of significance, I prefer to follow in the wise words of Winnie the Pooh and simply go by the East Pole.
I followed Horace's advice and went west, young man.
