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Hello Asbj?rn

One small glitch in your calculation. You added the d-correction for the
declination when you should have subtracted. The sun is headed South now.
That will get you close to the right number. (See my other email).

Geoffrey Kolbe



>    date:     29/8-2005
>    GMT:      13-52-23
>    body:     sun, lower limb
>    GPS long: E10� 24.7
>    GPS lat:  N63� 25.4
>
>    Sextant heigth:  57� 58.4'
>    index error:            0'
>    halve height:    28� 59.2'
>    correction:          14.4'
>    observed height: 29� 13.6'
>
>    GHA hour: 14� 47.3'
>    GHA inc:  13�  5.8'
>    GHA       27� 53.1'
>    LHA:      38� 17.8'
>
>    Decl. hour:   N9� 12.4'
>    d-correction:      0.8'
>    Decl:         N9� 13.2'
>
>    Calculated height: 29� 20.0'
>    Height difference:      6.4'
>
>
>
>Asbj�rn

   

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