NavList:

You wrote:
"The formula for h is easy to remember and if I make the effort I could probably remember the formula for t."

Yes. Same thing!

   sin(Alt) = sin(Lat) sin(Dec) + cos(Lat) cos(Dec) cos(HA).

Or turn it around:
   cos(HA) = [sin(Alt) - sin(Lat) sin(Dec)] / [cos(Lat) cos(Dec)].

Or with fewer keystrokes:
   cos(HA) = sin(Alt) / cos(Lat) / cos(Dec) - tan(Lat) tan(Dec).

I prefer ZD instead of Alt, primarily for pedagogic reasons. From a conceptual point of view, zenith distance is the key to celestial navigation. It's an easy change in the math: replace sin(Alt) with cos(ZD) because Alt is co-ZD and v.v.

I use this as the basis for "Modern Celestial Navigation" calculations with an "ABC" setup:
   A = cos(ZD / cos(Lat) / cos(Dec)
   B = tan(Lat) tan(Dec)
   C = A - B
   HA = acos(C)
and finally of course
   Lon = GHA +/- HA. 

Frank Reed