[time-nuts] Measuring sidereal/solar time? Re: A Leap Second is coming
David
davidwhess at gmail.com
Fri Dec 30 16:21:37 EST 2016
To improve the accuracy, I would integrate several measurements. There
is no reason a sampled measurement at only one time needs to be made.
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:18:17 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Anders:
>
>That's something I've thought about for decades using an optical system. A few years ago I looked at it again and
>found that astronomical "seeing" limits the accuracy. So the accuracy achieved by a spaceborne "Stellar compass" will
>be much better than a ground based observation. A radio based observation might work since the atmosphere would not be
>a factor.
>http://www.prc68.com/I/StellarTime.shtml
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