NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Exercise #5 Lat/Long near Noon.
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 Jun 2, 15:27 EDT
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 Jun 2, 15:27 EDT
Andres,
Yes, it was 28 May 2008 at 02h UTC.
Jeremy
In a message dated 6/2/2008 8:00:48 P.M. West Pacific Standard Time,
aruiz@orona.es writes:
Jeremy,
I am interested in calculate the position by "Series of Sun sights in relatively rapid succession" using LS SR and Kaplan algorithm, and comparing the solution with the Noon calculation.
You gave us the Dec, but no the date. Looking in the almanac the date may be 28 of may, isn't it?
Nautical Almanac data
---------------------
2008/05/28
UT1 = 02:15:40
Body: Sun
GHA = 214.602850 º = 214º 36.2'
Dec = 21.501933 º = 21º 30.1'
SD = 15.781508 '
HP = 0.144621 '
Andrés
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc
To post, email NavList@fer3.com
To , email NavList-@fer3.com
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Get a NavList ID Code
A NavList ID Code guarantees your identity in NavList posts and allows faster posting of messages.