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Re: Symmedian talk
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2017 Mar 2, 10:51 +0000
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2017 Mar 2, 10:51 +0000
There will be an optimum number of stars and number of observation per star in a given situation. The brightness and azimuth of the stars matter too of course. Then wee feed this in to the probability model and decide what our criterion for accuracy is (eg area in or length of semi major axis of a certain probability contour). Interesting question is if experienced navigators have found the optimum by experience. Bill -- Professor of Applied Mathematics http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/bl
