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    Re: East China Sea Fix
    From: Mike Burkes
    Date: 2008 Nov 13, 17:59 -0800

    My corrected fix yielded 26d 52.8N,129d 40.6E.
    Mike Burkes
    
    On Nov 13, 1:37�am, Anabasi...@aol.com wrote:
    > Here is a daylight planet fix. �Unfortunately the sun was obscured by �clouds
    > to preclude a three-body fix.
    >
    > Date/Time 19 October 2008 UTC 08h 41m 00s
    > 0841Z Fix Lat: 26 deg 53.5' N �Long 129 deg 37.8' E
    > Course 310 at 13.1 knots.
    > Height of eye is 107 feet, Index error is 0.7' on the arc, T/P 80 deg F at �
    > 1010 mB.
    >
    > Venus was shot at UTC 08h 35m 48s with an Hs of 22 deg 54.4'
    >
    > Jupiter was shot as an ex-meridian at UTC 08h 39m 48s with an Hs of 40 deg �
    > 22.9'
    > ---------------------------------
    >
    > My manual ex meridian calculations gave me a latitude of 26 deg 52.5' N at �
    > 0840Z (see below for solution)
    >
    > My computer gave me a 0841Z fix of 26 deg 52.8' N; long 129 deg 39.3' E by �
    > reducing both as standard LOP's.
    >
    > -----------------------------------
    > ex-meridian calculations:
    >
    > GHA hr 221 deg 43.0'
    > t corr � � � �9 deg 57.0'
    > v corr �(2.1) � � � � +1.4'
    > -------------------------------
    > GHA � � 231 deg 41.4
    > +Long � 129 deg 37.8
    > -------------------------------
    > LHA � � � � �1 deg 19.2'
    >
    > "a" correction is 2.1 �c= a(t^2)/60 = 2.1(5.3^2)/60= 0.98 = 1.0 � [these
    > corrections can be found in Bowditch tables etc]
    >
    > Dec is S 22 deg 55.3' [ from Nautical Almanac, no correction due to �time]
    >
    > Hs 40 deg 22.9'
    > IC � � � � � � �-0.7'
    > Dip � � � � � � -9.9'
    > -----------------------
    > Ha 40 deg 12.3'
    > body � � � � �-1.1'
    > -----------------------
    > Ho 40 deg 11.2
    > corr � � � � �+1.0
    > ----------------------
    > Ho' 40 deg 12.2
    >
    > Zdis = 90-Ho' = 49 deg 47.8'
    > Dec � � � � � � � - �22 deg 55.3' [Declination is opposite of Latitude and is
    > therefore �subtracted]
    > -----------------------------------------
    > Lat � � � � � � � � � 26 deg 52.5' North
    >
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