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Re: Ocean Navigator Online
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Jun 29, 09:57 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Jun 29, 09:57 +1000
"From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Mike Burkes Sent: Monday, 11 April 2005 12:39 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Ocean Navigator Online HI folks! Would like to see complete solution to this problem and thanks! Mike Burkes http://www.oceannavigator.com/site/csrv/content.asp?id=4363" Tues 18 Mars (2003) Sun Upper Limb 07h 30m 17s watch time +08m watch 8m slow 07h 38m 17s zone time +8h +8h West time zone 15h 38m 17s GMT 18 Mars (2003) 234d 34' time to arc 177d 58' + Sun GHA 052d 32 GHA 125d 30 - DR long 287d 02 LHA N36d 00 DR lat S00d 57 Dec 13d 08 Computed alt 13d 55 Sext alt - 05 dip (25 foot) - 01 ind corr 13d 49 app alt - 20 alt corr 13d 29 obs alt T21 intercept 101d azimuth One sight is not enough for a fix, but can lead to an estimated position of N35d 56' W125d 05'. The link to the solution contains no relevant data, so I don't know what the official answer is.