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Re: Equation for dip?
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2006 Sep 26, 10:15 +0300
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2006 Sep 26, 10:15 +0300
On 9/26/06, Peter Fogg <peter.fogg@gmail.com> wrote:
60 * 0.055 = 3.3
this means in on case the result is in minutes of arc and in the other case in degrees of arc.
On 9/26/06, Andres Ruiz wrote:
>
> Dip an other equations for calculated the corrections for sextant
> altitude an obtain the observed altitude:
> http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez/celestial/Ho.html
Where is found:
"D = 0.0293 * SQRT( h )
where h is the height of the eye above the horizon in meters."
So if the height of eye is, say, 3.5 metres;
0.0293 * 1.8708 = 0.0548
Is there something I'm missing here? Surely the correct answer is 3.3
minutes of arc?
60 * 0.055 = 3.3
this means in on case the result is in minutes of arc and in the other case in degrees of arc.
