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Re: Accuracy of sextant observations at sea
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2010 Sep 23, 12:47 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2010 Sep 23, 12:47 -0700
Jeremy,
Regarding pin wheels. I am wondering if you have noticed a fix accuracy advantage to four star box fixes (azimuth differing by 90�) over a three star triangular fixes (azimuth differing by 120�)? Do you weigh the Polaris LOP more on a round of stars ? May be Byron has an opinion on this.
Greg Rudzinski
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