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Dear Andres Ruiz,

by chance I have a copy of Navigation, Vol. 25, No. 4, with the article
by Watkins and Janiczek. I' ll send you a scan off-list tomorrow.

And there is a french book on "La navigation astronomique" by Philippe
Bourbon published by the Institut oc�anographique (Paris 2000), which
makes use of matrices for reduction of multiple sights. It costs about
40 � and may be ordered via Amazon  or directly from the Institut
oc�anographique. I haven't had the time to try to follow the math,
though, so I cannot comment on its merits ot faults.

By the way - it may interest other list members - I bought the copy of
"Navigation"  26 years ago because it contained an article by D.W.Kerst
on "Longitude by lunar observations and the pocket calculator". It is
based on the Chauvenet (direct) method and I wrote a program at that
time which solved the formulae on a HP 41. Never tried it in the real
world, though. I just owned a Davis Mark III then and did'nt think that
could be accurate enough for lunar observations.

Regards,

Wolfgang K�berer

Andres Ruiz schrieb:

> [NavList 1437] Re: Navigator's Newsletter, and other forums.
> From: jrvz---net
> Date: 17 Oct 2006 22:45
>
> ...
> (It does require inverting 3x3 matrices, so it's not well suited to
> hand calculation.)
> If someone remembers seeing something like this, I would appreciate a
> reference.  Otherwise I'll write it up in more detail.
>
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> Now I am writing some articles to be published on my web page under the name Navigational Algorithms.
>
> The draft of one about circles of position is:
>
>
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>
> 3 COPs analytical solution
>
>
>
>
> Input data: 3 observations
>
>
>
> K
>
> Body
>
> Ho
>
> GHA
>
> Dec
>
> 1
>
> Body1
>
> Ho1
>
> GHA1
>
> Dec1
>
> 2
>
> Body2
>
> Ho2
>
> GHA2
>
> Dec2
>
> 3
>
> Body3
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> Ho3
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> GHA3
>
> Dec3
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> Fix: BF LF
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> Manual Solution
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> M3 = x1*y2*z3+y1*z2*x3+z1*x2*y3-(z1*y2*x3+x1*z2*y3+y1*x2*z3)
>
>
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> Mx = y2*z3+y1*z2+y3*z1-(y2*z1+y1*z3+y3*z2)
>
> My = z2*x3+z1*x2+z3*x1-(z2*x1+z1*x3+z3*x2)
>
> Mz = x2*y3+x1*y2+x3*y1-(x2*y1+x1*y3+x3*y2)
>
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>
>
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>
> Example by hand
>
>
>
>
> K
>
> Body
>
> Ho
>
> GHA
>
> Dec
>
> 1
>
> Arcturus
>
> 22.2
>
> 166.829
>
> 19.335
>
> 2
>
> Vega
>
> 70.15
>
> 115.277
>
> 38.758
>
> 3
>
> Dubhe
>
> 20.35
>
> 226.98
>
> 61.909
>
>
>
>
>
> | -2.432  0.569  0.876 | | 0.006|   | 1 |
>
> | -0.354  0.750  0.666 | | 0.731| = | 1 |
>
> | -0.924 -0.990  2.537 | | 0.682|   | 1 |
>
>
>
> B [0-90][+N/-S]
>
> L [0-360][+ W->E]
>
>
>
> Fix(42.982085093299339, 89.566484629127913)
>
>
>
>
>
> This method work only for one point of intersection. Otherwise a least 
squares method must be used to find the most probable celestial position.
>
>
>
> Help:
>
> I am looking for some information about sight reduction with matrices, I have find two articles:
>
>
>
> Dewit, C., "Some Remarks on Sight Reduction with Matrices," Navigation: J. 
Inst. Naviga., Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 252-253 (1979).
>
> Watkins. R. and Janiczek. P. M., Sight Reduction with Matrices, NAVIGATION, 
Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 25, No. 4, Winter 1978-79, pp. 
447-48.
>
>
>
> if someone could send me some copies or additional information by e-mail, I,ll be very thankful.
>
>
>
> Andr�s
>
> http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez
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> Navigator's Newsletter, and other forums.

> From: jrvz---net

> Date: 17 Oct 2006 22:45
>
> 
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>
> 
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> draft of one about circles of position is:
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> 
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M3 =
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>
> 
 
>
> 
Mx = y2*z3+y1*z2+y3*z1-(y2*z1+y1*z3+y3*z2)
>
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> z2*x3+z1*x2+z3*x1-(z2*x1+z1*x3+z3*x2)
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Arcturus
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Vega
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>   

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3
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Dubhe
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>   

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>
> 
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>
> 
 style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>| -2.432  0.569 
> 0.876 | | 0.006|   | 1 |
>
> 
 style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>| -0.354  0.750 
> 0.666 | | 0.731| = | 1 |
>
> 
 style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>| -0.924 -0.990  2.537
> | | 0.682|   | 1 |
>
> 
 
>
> 
B [0-90][+N/-S]
>
> 
L [0-360][+ W->E]
>
> 
 
>
> 
Fix(42.982085093299339, 89.566484629127913)
>
> 
 
>
> 
 
>
> 
This method work only for one point of intersection.
> Otherwise a least squares method must be used to find the most probable
> celestial position.  
>
> 
 
>
> 
Help:
>
> 
I am looking for some information about sight reduction
> with matrices, I have find two articles:
>
> 
 
>
> 
Dewit, C., “Some Remarks on Sight Reduction
> with Matrices,” Navigation: J. Inst. Naviga., Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 252-253
> (1979).
>
> 
Watkins. R. and Janiczek. P. M., Sight Reduction with
> Matrices, NAVIGATION, Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 25, No. 4,
> Winter 1978-79, pp. 447-48.
>
> 
 
>
> 
if someone could send me some copies or additional
> information by e-mail, I,ll be very thankful.
>
> 
 
>
> 
Andr�s
>
> 
http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez
>
> 
 
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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