GC1KRGH John Harrison's Cache (Unknown Cache) in Texas, United States created by BigBender

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GC1KRGH ▼

A cache by BigBender Message this owner

Hidden : 1/14/2009

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES I placed this cache in the winter of 2009 when the sun was at the highest point in the sky. When I consulted my navigational almanac I noted that there was no needed correction for the equation of time at noon. My chronometer was set to Greenwich Mean Time and the time when I placed the cache was 18 hours 23 minutes and 13.428 seconds. That night, I used my sextant and determined the angle between Polaris, the North Star and the horizon. After correcting for Polaris not being exactly due north, I found the angle between the horizon and the celestial north pole was 0.5187255 radians. The FTF will inherit a somewhat less accurate chronometer than mine. Wow, Fendmar was the FTF this difficult hide and it was in the dark!!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)