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Re: My first Lunar
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Jul 15, 23:09 -0400
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Jul 15, 23:09 -0400
Jeremy, you wrote: "I recognize that I could figure out about where I was by the altitude observations" Sure. And by the way, I should have added that there is another possible solution since, of course, the circles of position cross in two places. But I don't suppose your vessel was perched on a hillside in Guyana so we can rule out that other location. "I am good with these miraculous Lunars no? LOL" Yep. :-) As it turns out, the geometry very frequently works out nicely for lunar observations in the tropics. The first historical lunar I decided to check (see www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars/1825) also can be cleared "trig-free". -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
