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Re: Advancing LOPs for precision fixes
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2010 Feb 16, 08:20 -0800
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2010 Feb 16, 08:20 -0800
Gary,
You said ... "It is common practice to ignore the movement of the ship during the time period needed to take a round of sights ...", and I am unable to dispute this assertion in the light of today's "it's good enough" approach to Celestial Navigation. I can, however, state in no uncertain terms that this was not the traditional approach - LOPs generated in a round of sights were always advanced or retarted to a common time, so long as the distance run between individual sights was measurable, if for no other reason than professional pride.
Regards,
Henry
--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Gary LaPook <glapook@pacbell.net> wrote:
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