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  2. From: jack@cs.com (Jack Hudler)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.astro
  4. Subject: Re: Distance of horizon
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov21.155136.16150@cs.com>
  6. Date: 21 Nov 92 15:51:36 GMT
  7. References: <75439@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Nov20.131437.8385@cs.com> <31074@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
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  11. In article <31074@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) writes:
  12. >In article <1992Nov20.131437.8385@cs.com| jack@cs.com (Jack Hudler) writes:
  13. >|But these equations would give the 'mean' horizion, shouldn't you include
  14. >|refraction to give the 'apparent' horizion?
  15. >
  16. >You're not going to get much refraction in 3 miles of air.
  17.  
  18. Good point at 3 miles, but what if your on top of a building?
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  20. Jack         Lone Star Observatory            Dallas,Texas 
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