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From: cromwell@pur-ee.UUCP (Cromwell)
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Subject: Re: Alaskan sky?
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 15:06:03 EST
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From Alaska, the relative positions of Polaris, the Big Dipper, (yeah, I
know it's really Ursa Major) and the moon would not really be any different
than anywhere else on the Earth.  If they appeared in a certain arrangement
in Alaska, they also would anywhere else, assuming they are visible.
The apparant angular displacement of the moon against the stellar background
when views from the north pole versus the equator would be on the order of
about 1 degree, I think.  (this is based on the Earth having an angular
diameter of 2 degrees when viewed from the moon)

Of course, Polaris would be much closer to being overhead, and the moon would
be much lower, close to the southern horizon most of the time.

					Bob Cromwell

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