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20 years 3 months ago #4418
by michaeloconnell
Replied by michaeloconnell on topic Re: Digital Compass
Cool !!!! 
I wonder does it compensate for the difference between true north and magnetic north
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Michael
I wonder does it compensate for the difference between true north and magnetic north
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20 years 3 months ago #4432
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Doesnt that differnace depend where on th earths surface you are.
It would need GPS for that compensation ??
It would need GPS for that compensation ??
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20 years 3 months ago #4483
by dave_lillis
Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
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Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: Digital Compass
Eugene,
I was implying over large distances it would be different
Since magnetic north and true north are not in the same place (magnetic north is somewhere near northern canada) this means that the US will find magnetic north much nearer to true north then we do here.
The differance between the 2 norths is called the magnetic declination (as fas as I remember), and from Ireland is something between 10 or 15 degrees.
It is also slowly changing, the magnetic north is on the move.
I was implying over large distances it would be different
Since magnetic north and true north are not in the same place (magnetic north is somewhere near northern canada) this means that the US will find magnetic north much nearer to true north then we do here.
The differance between the 2 norths is called the magnetic declination (as fas as I remember), and from Ireland is something between 10 or 15 degrees.
It is also slowly changing, the magnetic north is on the move.
Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
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