Humm... am running both XP Home and Windows 98 on another machine. Where is the Windows Calculator "Advanced"? I only have something called "scientific" and I see no deg or inv deg option. I must be missing something. Help!
Harry Colvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10" LX200 GPS v1.6b MX916 CCD camera AstoArt v3.0 Bainbridge Island, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Re: Carte du Ciel latitude problem?? > > The Windows calculator switched to Advanced mode makes easy work of this with the use of the Deg and Inv Deg button to > convert back and fore between decimal and deg min sec. I use it often not just for converting degrees decimal, but, > also for converting times to decimal for adding up times in recording audio tracks etc. > > Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Navneeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:49 PM > Subject: **Fwd: [skychart-discussion] Re: Carte du Ciel latitude problem?? > > > > > > > > You have to convert the latitude from decimal form to degrees, minutes > > and seconds. Here's how you do it... > > > > Latitude: 40.9576 degrees ...now multiply 0.9576x60. The value before > > the decimal point in the resulting number should be typed in the > > second box - that's the number of minutes. Now multiply the value > > after the decimal with 60. Round of the resulting number to the > > nearest whole number, which will approximately be the number of > > seconds, and type it in the third box. > > > > To remember this process in the future, just recall that 1 hour/degree > > is made up of 60 minutes/arc minutes and 1 minute/arc minute is made > > up of 60 seconds/arc seconds. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
