Mer Pass times?

[Fascadale]

Just trying to work up some sights, at home,
but the almanac is on the boat............stupid me

I should be grateful if anyone could give me the Mer. Pass for the 12th, 13th and 14th of June, this year

Thanks

(I have the sight reduction tables and raw data at home)

 

[dolphin]

sun mer. pass is 12h00m for the three days

 

[Fascadale]

sun mer. pass is 12h00m for the three days

Thanks for that.

I have my 2013 almanac here and interestingly its the same time for those dates that year.

Now the hard work starts...................

 

[dolphin]

it is the same time for 2011 & 2012 !
gaining experience, you will see that this is a piece of cake in comparison of taking 6-7 stars for 10-15 min and plot on a sheet/chart to fix the position !
have fun

 

[Fascadale]

I'm a bit of a beginner at this.
I did manage to take a number of moon sights so I'm going to try for a moon run moon as well as the sun run sun and the mer pass.
I tried for a few stars and planets but I never found them. This is going to take a lot of practice before I'm confident to go GPSless

 

[nedr]

For future ref, you can download a current almanac from http://www.backbearing.com/

 

[Fascadale]

For future ref, you can download a current almanac from http://www.backbearing.com/

Thanks..........another interesting looking and useful distraction
The internet takes "pencil sharpening" to new levels.

I've got the time of mer pass, I've got the sextant readings: now I have to figure out declination

 

[oldbilbo]

.....I've got the time of mer pass, I've got the sextant readings: now I have to figure out declination

...That's another good reason for packing an Iridium phone!