NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: 2020 Nautical Almanac Altitude corrections for moon.
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2019 Dec 20, 12:11 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2019 Dec 20, 12:11 -0800
Oops, I misread the first message. But I still recommend the Air Almanac method of sextant corrections for teaching students the reasoning behind each of the correction rather than the "monkey see, monkey do" method used in the NA.
Also see:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/new-way-apply-sextant-corrections-LaPook-jan-2011-g15459
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Upper-limb-correction-for-moon-LaPook-sep-2013-g25108
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Accuracy-Nautical-Almanac-vs-Air-Almanac-LaPook-jan-2016-g34085
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Air-Almanac-users-LaPook-apr-2015-g30939
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Upper-limb-correction-for-moon-LaPook-sep-2013-g25108
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Moon-Parallax-Iwancio-oct-2019-g46022
gl