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Exercise #6, Lunars at sea
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 May 31, 01:48 -0700
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 May 31, 01:48 -0700
Lunars at Sea on 28 May 2008 Here are a few lunars I shot at sea. The first is the conventional 3- sight method, and the rest are just straight Lunar distance observations with calculated Ho�s for the moon and body. All shots were with an IE of 0.0, and Height of eye of 106�. Time is UTC. LDs is sextant Lunar distance, LDc is computed Lunar distance, and LDo is corrected sextant Lunar distance . PM Lunars: 1) Time 00h 15m 25s LDs= 91deg 38.8� (near limb) 00h 16m 15s Hs 27deg 10.9� of the upper limb of the moon 00h 17m 22s Hs 61deg 49.4� of the upper limb of the sun T/P was 88 deg F, 1010 mb. 0015 DR is Lat 15deg 13.5�N, Long 145deg 28.6�E Frank�s pages gives me a calculated LD of 91deg 20.8� compared to a LDo 91deg 21.5� giving a 0.7� arc error or 20.0� Longitude error 2) Same place, bodies, and corrections but with the following time and data (sun/moon lunar): Time: 00h 11m 16s LDs = 91 deg 41.0� Frank�s page gives me LDc = 91deg 22.9� and a LDo of 91deg 24.3� giving a 1.4� of arc error and 40.6� longitude error. AM Lunars (T/P 84 F & 1010 mb, HE 106�, IE 0.0) All Moon to Jupiter Lunars (far limb) 1) DR Lat 15deg 04.9�N Long 145 deg 04.1� E. LDs 54 deg 39.8� at 18h 44m 03s. Frank�s page gave me a LDc of 54deg 03.7� and a LDo of 54deg 04.0� giving an error of 0.3� of arc or 7.2� error in Longitude (my best one of the lot) 2) DR Lat 15deg 04.0�N Long 145deg 04.4�E. LDs 54deg 40.4� at 18h 48m 10s. Frank�s page gave me a LDc of 54deg 06.0� and a LDo of 54-05.3� for an error of 0.7� of arc or 20.8� error in Longitude. 3) DR Lat 15deg 03.4�N Long 145deg 04.6�E LDs 54deg 42.5� at 18h 50m 45s. Frank�s page gave me a LDc of 54 deg 07.5� and LDo of 54-07.9� for an error of 0.4� of arc or 13� error in Longitude. Jeremy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---