Atmospheric Refraction
Refraction and the conversion of true altitude to apparent and back, with pressure and temperature.
What to find:
Altitude from −1° to 90°. Typical sea level pressure is 1010 hPa.
This calculator finds atmospheric refraction and converts the true altitude of an object to the apparent one and back, with pressure and temperature.
R = 1′ / tan(h + 7.31 / (h + 4.4))
At the horizon refraction is about 34′, more than the apparent diameter of the Sun. At 45° it is about 1′, and at the zenith it is zero.
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