My understanding (and I could be wrong) is that one could derive 'stellar' time from a start sight/fix on polaris or another well tracked celestial object. I was once told that early editions of Bowditch provided the process (for the moon I was told) although one of the relatively old edition's that I have doesn't provide it.
Some theodolite manufacturers provided attachments to aid the process (for the high zenith where a theodolite experiences reduced accuracy), and those attachments were dated and calibrated for their year of manufacture and came with tables for use in future years. That's about all I know or can find on the subject. Can anyone here point me to any published literature? Anyone have experience trying? Any idea what type of accuracy can be expected? Got some new toys coming and need something to do with them.... Brent _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
