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Latitude by leaps and bounds
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Jun 1, 20:00 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Jun 1, 20:00 -0700
I think some of you will enjoy puzzling this one out. It's not difficult!
From the photo, can you figure out your latitude? Latitude give or take one degree is sufficient. And if I further limit this scenario by saying that the longitude is between 40°W and 4°E, you may be able to narrow it down quite a bit. Also if you have followed my recent posts, you could probably figure this one out with no nautical astronomy or celestial navigation at all... :)
If you want to do this the right way —by celestial navigation methods— and can't quite figure out what you're looking at... may I suggest you look for an asterism known as the "three leaps of the gazelle."
However you go about it, make it interesting by describing how you got there.
Frank Reed
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