NavList:

   

Reply

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
>
> Jeremy
> **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news &
> more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?red...
> p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc
To post, email NavList@fer3.com
To unsubscribe, email NavList-unsubscribe@fer3.com
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

   

Reply