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