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Re: Latitude by leaps and bounds
From: Tom M. Patrick
Date: 2026 Jun 2, 09:33 -0700
From: Tom M. Patrick
Date: 2026 Jun 2, 09:33 -0700
OK. I'll play. Since you say latitude I thikn this has to be a meridian altitude so it works like LAN /Noon Sun. So that means I can estimate the altitude of *some* star if I can get an angular scale. And then Latitude = (90-altitude)+declination. But it's just some stars! Which one should I use? How could I know where south is???
I found the Three Leaps of the Gazelle in the wiki article on Asterisms. I'm trying to attach a screen image. Since that's in Ursa Major, we must be near the north pole to see those stars near ther meridian in the south???
Tom
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