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Re: Ageton on an Index Card
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2009 Dec 5, 22:38 -0800
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2009 Dec 5, 22:38 -0800
Gary, I enjoyed your post from last year comparing all the short methods. I am slowly collecting all of these tables and I see now that there are two different editions of Weems tables that I will have to keep an eye out for. Greg On Dec 5, 9:33�pm, Gary LaPookwrote: > You should also look at Dreisonstok and Weems which provide shorter > solutions than Ageton. Check out this topic that compares all three. > > http://groups.google.com/group/navlist/browse_thread/thread/529edc059... > > gl > > Greg Rudzinski wrote: > > The Ageton method is worth a try as a > > unique alteritive to the many sight reduction methods out > > there. For those not familiar with the Ageton method expect > > to spend a day practicing to get comfortable with Bowditch > > table #35 (or H.O. 211) and the suggested sequence of > > solution involving A, B, and K values. At first the whole > > reduction process will seem strange but the method will grow > > on you each time a sight reduction is completed. It takes > > about ten minutes to obtain an Hc and Azimuth. The compact > > size of the tables and being able to use any assumed > > position are the advantages over Pub 249 and 229. The whole > > reduction can be done on one side of an index card as seen > > attached. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > �image_jpeg_part > 184KViewDownload -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com