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On 2019-05-11 9:32, Robert VanderPol II wrote:
> I was wondering if you would do the statistical analysis for a 1' of arc 
table, no interpolation, no Sadler, with statistical results provided for LHA 
0°-9°59', 10°-19°59', etc, up to 80°, then every 5° up to 90°?

You didn't say anything about the precision of the tabulation, so I
followed the format of the Bayless table, which also has a 1-minute
interval. Its A function is given in whole numbers up to 85°. At that
angle and beyond, precision increases to tenths. There's a corresponding
change in the B precision.

Also, you didn't mention any constraints on latitude and altitude, so
I'll be consistent with my 2016 data: latitude 0 to 70, altitude 5 to 80.

Statistics are root mean square altitude error, percentage of altitude
errors greater than a half minute, maximum altitude error, root mean
square azimuth error, percentage of azimuth errors greater than a half
degree, and maximum azimuth error. For each range of meridian angle t, I
generated 100,000 simulated observations and solutions.

Maximum errors are statistical aberrations and can vary considerably
from one run to another, even with no change to the parameters.

alt     alt    alt   az     az     az
RMS     >.5'   max   RMS    >.5°   max
0.57'  39.30%  2.0'  0.86'  0.00%  0.4°  t 0-10
0.56'  38.34%  2.1'  5.81'  0.70%  2.8°  t 10-20
0.54'  36.91%  2.1'  6.09'  0.89%  2.3°  t 20-30
0.54'  36.13%  2.2'  5.40'  0.76%  1.8°  t 30-40
0.54'  36.09%  2.6'  5.01'  0.70%  1.5°  t 40-50
0.55'  37.45%  2.6'  4.52   0.59%  1.3°  t 50-60
0.60'  40.42%  3.7'  3.98'  0.48%  1.2°  t 60-70
0.78'  48.55%  4.8'  3.24'  0.22%  1.0°  t 70-80
1.37'  63.14%  11.6' 2.58'  0.04%  0.7°  t 80-85
8.91'  85.77%  44.6' 5.91'  0.66%  1.0°  t 85-90

   

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