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Instances of the use of "horizon grazing" technique
From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Oct 6, 13:36 -0400
A number of emergency navigation sources talk about finding (very rough) latitude by looking at the minimum altitude of horizon grazing stars. I'm unaware of anyone that has actually used this technique, but perhaps someone has used it in a real (as opposed to trial) situation. Any anecdotes or historical citations of this being used?
John Huth
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From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Oct 6, 13:36 -0400
A number of emergency navigation sources talk about finding (very rough) latitude by looking at the minimum altitude of horizon grazing stars. I'm unaware of anyone that has actually used this technique, but perhaps someone has used it in a real (as opposed to trial) situation. Any anecdotes or historical citations of this being used?
John Huth
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