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Re: Intercept Method or Marcq St. Hilaire
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2020 May 14, 05:27 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2020 May 14, 05:27 -0700
Steve,
If you go to chapter 21 of the 1966 Bowditch you will find comparison of Various Methods of Sight Reduction. Many methods use the azimuth and intercept method first introduced by Marcq St. Hilaire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercept_method
Greg Rudzinski