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Re: Latitude by Lunar Distance
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Nov 13, 22:56 EST
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Nov 13, 22:56 EST
Henry, you wrote:
"but is generally dealt with in the context of single sights or Lunar
observations"
I should have clarified that I only average lunar distances. Historically,
averaging the observations saved time on the computation. Today, computation is
cheap, so it really doesn't make much difference whether you average the inputs
(the actual observations, that is) or the outputs of the calculation.
And:
"whereas in LOP navigation where multiple bodies will be observed to
establish a fix, it becomes inappropriate."
That seems very reasonable. I agree.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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