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Re: Question Re: Position by Calculation
From: Bruce J. Pennino
Date: 2014 Jan 10, 23:04 -0500
From: Bruce J. Pennino
Date: 2014 Jan 10, 23:04 -0500
Bruce
Hello:
I have not done one of these problems in a while
and my brain is a bit (or more than a bit) rusty. All of my values are
close except for Dubhe, and I can't find error. Since I don't have HO 249 volume
2, I solve HC and Cos A equations. Could someone post their
specific final sight reduction for Dubhe or check my values
below?
I now see the quick beauty of Weems for all
latitudes, I usually use HO 249, volume 3 or do hand calculator
solution . I recently purchased Weems 4 th edition LOP
book. I can mostly make sense out of it, but the wording is so brief that
I really can't visualize the trig solutions. Would appreciate someone sending in
a reference that I could study. For the 1/5/2014 problem
Dubhe:
Time: 12:05:42; AP lat 37* 00N; dec N 61* 40.1; GHA
Aries = 286* 26.1' ; SHA= 193* 51.0'; GHA 120* 17.1; AP Long 76* 17; LHA =
44*; HO = 53* 31.2'; HC 53* 21.4' ; int = 9.8 ' A; ZN = 326.5*
END
Many thanks.
Bruce
----- Original Message -----From: Greg RudzinskiSent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 6:18 PMSubject: [NavList] Re: Question Re: Position by Calculation
Attached is the VEGA Hc sight reduction done for both Weems and Dreisonstok on one side of an index card. No form needed.
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