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Old 14th Nov 2004, 00:45
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Try here:

http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/explain/atmos_refr/dip.html

Makes perfect sense to me....

Turns out that I am 1.5 meters tall, I have 6.4 eyes and Vr is 106Kts. A square 3/6.4 x 106 is about 0.00068 times the spped of light and Adrian is 0.039°.

Hey, if that's what the Eng gets then who am I to argue.
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