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Re: Latitude From Two Star Altitudes Only
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Apr 3, 23:19 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Apr 3, 23:19 -0700
David Pike,
Thanks for the puzzle. You wrote:
"the bearing of Pollux from Capella is greater than 90 degrees."
Can you double-check that detail? I'm looking at a difference in azimuth more like 71°. Or maybe I'm making a trivial error... the wrong star pair... reading the wrong coordinate category... adding instead of subtracting??
Frank Reed
