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Navigator results for 05/28/2008 19:25:00Z:

 14°56.1'N
145°08.0'E

(And since that's really close to the DR position, either there must
not have been a lot of wind and/or current that day - or the navigator
is really good at what s/he does...  ;-))

And..... not to nit-pick what seems to be our preferred methodology for
solving these, but if we're all just going to use our favorite
navigation computer programs (and I realize that computers are the norm
for doing navigation these days, even I do that), what are we really
exercising other than our data entry skills (and maybe a chance to see
how the various celnav programs compare with each other)? 

I'd like to request that at least a few of these be solved by the "old
school" method (i.e. only an almanac, sight reduction tables, plotting
sheets (and the usual navigation drawing tools), but no
computers/calculators other than maybe to check our work). I think
that's more a measure of celnav skills than just plugging a bunch of
numbers into a computer program and hitting "Calculate".

--
GregR






--- Anabasis  wrote:

> 
> Exercise #11 AM Star Fix.
> 
>   On 29 May 2008 (local date), a ship was sailing course 158 degrees
> True at a speed of 14.7 knots.  Around 05h 25m ZT (ZD -10), a round
> of
> sights was taken.  The DR is Latitude 14deg 56� North, Longitude
> 145deg 07.5� East.  Height of eye is 106 feet, Temp/Press is 82 F/
> 1010 MB.  Index Error is 0.0.
> 
> Here is the sight information, all times in _Zone Time_.
> 
> Alpheratz: Hs : 49deg 05.8� @ 05h 13m 38s
> 
> Fomalhaut: Hs 40deg 09.4� @ 05h 15m 58s
> 
> Vega: Hs 45deg 59.6� @ 05h 20m 08s
> 
> Deneb: Hs 58deg 16.8� @ 05h 21m 35s
> 
> Jupiter: Hs 43deg 52.4� @ 05h 22m 31s
> 
> Moon (LL): Hs 59deg 45.4� @ 05h 24m 43s
> 
> 
> Determine a star fix at 05h25m local time.
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> > 
> 


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