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Exercise #12 Daylight Sun/Moon Fix
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 Jun 6, 01:21 -0700
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2008 Jun 6, 01:21 -0700
Exercise #12 Daylight Sun/Moon fix. This exercise is for our math friends. It is a series of Moon lines taken near meridian transit, crossed with an early AM sunline. Plotting these lines, you will notice an averaged Moon line giving a decent position with lines within 5 degrees of the horizontal. The sun line will be nearly vertical and gives a good Longitude line as a cross. In this case, my calculations show that Latitude is consistently off, but the Longitude is within a couple of tenths. I am guessing that my I wasn�t seeing the actual limb of the moon and therefore was off with the sextant observations by better than a minute of arc. The moon is a strange mistress to try and shoot with the sextant. ---------------------------------- UTC date is 28 May 2008. The 21h 00m UTC GPS fix was Latitude 14deg 37.9� North, Longitude 145deg 18.6� East. The Ship is sailing course 090 at 14.3 knots. Height of eye is 106 feet, Temp/Pressure is 84 F and 1010 MB. Index error is 0.0. The following observations were made (times in UTC): Sun (LL): Hs 16deg 43.1� @ 21h 06m 15s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 25.6� @ 20h 57m 43s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 25.8� @ 20h 59m 14s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 25.8� @ 21h 00m 48s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 27.2� @ 21h 01m 40s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 25.8� @ 21h 02m 20s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 26.4� @ 21h 03m 22s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 26.0� @ 21h 03m 57s Moon (UL) Hs 72deg 25.2� @ 21h 05m 08s Determine a fix at 21h 00 UTC (07h 00m Local) Jeremy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---