NavList:

A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding

HOME

Re: Equation for dip?
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Sep 26, 16:17 +1000

On 9/26/06, Andres Ruiz  wrote:
>
> Dip an other equations for calculated the corrections for sextant
> altitude an obtain the observed altitude:
> http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez/celestial/Ho.html

Where is found:
"D = 0.0293 * SQRT( h )
where h is the height of the eye above the horizon in meters."

So if the height of eye is, say, 3.5 metres;
0.0293 * 1.8708 = 0.0548

Is there something I'm missing here? Surely the correct answer is 3.3
minutes of arc?

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com
To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Subject:
Author:
Start date:	(yyyymm dd)
End date:	(yyyymm dd)

NavList:

A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding

Compose Your Message

NavList

What is NavList?

Get a NavList ID Code

Retrieve a NavList ID Code

Email Settings

Custom Index

Add Images & Files
Name or NavList Code:	Email:

Name:
	(please, no nicknames or handles)
Email:

NavList ID Code: