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    Re: Latitude by leaps and bounds
    From: David Pike
    Date: 2026 Jun 3, 05:11 -0700

    Oops!  Did you spot my error?  I got my decimal and sexagesimal mixed up for Talitha.  If dec Talitha = 48.04° it's polar distance = 41.96 not 41.56, so our latitude is 0.4° further north = 58°22'N, which is embarassingly close to Callanish.  DaveP

       
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