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    Re: Exercise #7 LOP's
    From: Mike Burkes
    Date: 2008 Jun 3, 18:50 -0700

    Hi folks, my 1923 May 28 running fix solution yielded 14d 53.2N, 145d
    05.1E.
    Mike Burkes
    
    On May 31, 11:58�pm, "Greg R."  wrote:
    > First off, thanks for the practice in working sights using East longitude - 
    it had been long enough that I'd forgotten that for that case you subtract AP 
    longitude minutes from 60, then add that to GHA to get an even value of LHA. 
    My first attempts were ending up with really long intercepts and I couldn't 
    figure out why until I ran it through the Navigator software and the light 
    bulb came on (sometimes we forget how "easy' we have it here in the West 
    longitudes with just subtracting to get LHA). �:-)
    >
    > So, here's what I get for sight reductions using Nautical Almanac and Pub. 
    249 (and Navigator agrees with me within a few tenths of decimal points):
    >
    > ---------------------------
    >
    > 1) PM Sun line
    >
    > AP Lat: 15 deg N
    >
    > GHA: 276 deg 29.7'
    > AP Long: 145 deg 30.3'
    > LHA: 62 deg
    >
    > Dec: N 21 deg 41.1
    >
    > Hc: 31 deg 08'
    > Ho: 31 deg 04.4'
    > Intercept: 3.6 NM Away
    > Zn: 286 deg
    >
    > ---------------------------
    >
    > 2) Early-morning Jupiter sight
    >
    > AP Lat: 15 deg N
    >
    > GHA: 243 deg 46.5'
    > AP Long: 145 deg 13.5'
    > LHA: 29 deg
    >
    > Dec: S 21 deg 46.0
    >
    > Hc: 43 deg 31'
    > Ho: 43 deg 41.4'
    > Intercept: 10.4 NM Towards
    > Zn: 219 deg
    >
    > ---------------------------
    >
    > I'm assuming this is supposed to be worked as a �running fix - and the 
    vessel appears to have moved 27.5 NM on TC 133 deg between fixes (which is 
    right at 11 hours and gives an average speed of 2.5 Kts. - are we just 
    drifting with the current, or was there not much wind that day?).
    >
    > With the LOPs plotted out it looked easier to retire LOP #1 to the DR #2 
    position rather than the other way around (the Jupiter LOP almost paralleled 
    the vessel's course, and I figured a better "cut" would be had that way).
    >
    > So if I plotted this right (and it's been a good long while since I plotted 
    fixes manually), I show a position of 14 deg 50' N / 145 deg 09.8' E at 19h 
    22m 31s on 28 May 2008. Please tell me I'm at least in the ballpark... �;-)
    >
    > --
    > GregR
    >
    > P.S. Navigator's solution is 14 deg 53.4' N / 145 deg 05.1' E, and I'm 
    guessing that's a lot more accurate than my manual plotting work.
    >
    >
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Anabasis" 
    > To: "NavList" 
    > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:59 AM
    > Subject: [NavList 5224] Exercise #7 LOP's
    >
    > LOP�s
    >
    > A couple of straight old LOP�s for people to play with.
    >
    > 1) PM sunline: At UTC 06h 23m 23s on 29 May 2008, a lower limb
    > observation of the sun was made. �DR Lat is 14deg 38.0� N and Long is
    > 145deg 27.6�E. �Height of eye was 106�, IE is 0.0, T/P is 88 F and
    > 1011mb. �Hs is 31deg 00.6�.
    >
    > 2) �At UTC 19h 22m 31s on 28 May 2008, a LOP of Jupiter was shot. �DR
    > Lat is 14deg 55.9�N, Long 145deg 07.5� E. �Height of eye is 106�, IE
    > is 0.0, T/P is 84 F and 1010 mb. �Hs is 43deg 52.4�.
    >
    > Determine Azimuth and intercept.
    >
    > �Please tell us if you are using an assumed position, or are giving
    > data based off of the DR position.
    >
    > Jeremy- Hide quoted text -
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