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Re: Latitude From Two Star Altitudes Only
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Apr 6, 09:50 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Apr 6, 09:50 -0700
Ian Stainforth you wrote: "As only latitude is required, we can assume, without loss of generality, that GHA Aries = 0, so that GHA = SHA for the stars. Then, using Van Allen's method to solve for the intersection of the 2 circles of equal altiude, we get
Lat = 53° 10.0' or
Lat = 14° 42.4'
Regards, Ian"
I tried to follow this up on Google, but all I got was bagpipe music. Please could you give a bit of a hint as to how it works. 'Modern Maths' is not my strongest subject. DaveP
