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Re: Nautical Almanac Method Reduction
From: Gord P
Date: 2000 Nov 06, 8:50 AM
From: Gord P
Date: 2000 Nov 06, 8:50 AM
Chuck; Thank you, that is exactly what I am looking for. Regards Gord > Gord, > > I'm assuming you know how to figure Assumed Lat and Assumed LHA. Given > that, > > 1. A = arcsine( cos(Lat) * sin(LHA) ) > 2. Z1 = arcsine( cos(LHA) / cos(A) ) > 3. B = arcsine( cos(Lat) * sin(Z1) ) > 4. F = B + Dec > 5. F = round(F); F' = fractional part of F > 6. A = round(A); A' = fractional part of A > 7. H = arcsine( cos(A) * sin(F) ) > 8. Z2 = arcsine( cos(F) / cos(H) ) > 9. P = arcsine( cos(A) * sin(Z2) ) > 10. Corr1 = F' sin(P) > 11. Corr2 = A' cos(Z2) > > Is this what you are looking for? > > Regards, > > Chuck Taylor > Everett, WA, USA > > gord wrote: > > ... > > What I'm looking for is to generate the values in the NOA sight reduction > > tables; A,B,Z1,H,PZ2, and the values from the aux. tables. > > > ... > > > > Thanks > > Gord > -- Is your email secure? http://www.pop3now.com (c) 1998-2000 secureFront Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.