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Old 29-06-2012, 05:44 PM
gary
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Originally Posted by astroron View Post
Thanks Gary, Does the ARGO NAVIS have built into it the correction?

Cheers
Hi Ron,

In the forthcoming firmware release the Moon has been included as an object
and funny enough we had to take into account leap seconds in order to compute
its position accurately.

So the leap second doesn't impact on many people's lives in any significant way
but as far as astronomical computation is concerned, it turns out to be something
I have had to personally specifically take allowance for in the writing of our software.

Anyway, come the morning of July 1 everyone can sleep in for another full second and not feel too guilty.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
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Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
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