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    Re: Latitude by Polaris
    From: Thomas Spidle
    Date: 2019 Feb 10, 19:10 -0600

    One thing to remember is that Polaris is about 1deg. from the pole. Therefore you can get intercepts of  + or - one at certain times.

    On February 9, 2019 at 5:46 PM Tony Oz <NoReply_TonyOz@fer3.com> wrote:

    Hello!

    What do I get when I try to calculate the HC with Polaris's LHA, Dec using properly cleared altitude as an assumed latitude?

    Looks like if I add the HC with the intercept value - I get the real latitude... The error is rather small for moderate latitudes.

    Please comment.

    Warm regards,

    Tony

    60°N 30°E

       
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