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Oops! Ageton is HO 211, not HO 214.  -Hewitt

On 3/23/09, Hewitt Schlereth  wrote:
> What the NA method does is break the Navigational Triangle into two
>  right spherical triangles. The first time you enter the table you put
>  in known factors (Lat and LHA) to get the unknowns in one right
>  triangle. Then use those now-knowns to solve for what you want (Hc and
>  Z) which are in the second.
>
>  It helps a lot to have a sketch of the triangle to look at. This lets
>  you see what parts of the triangles the letters (A, B, F, etc.) refer
>  to. If you can, get a hold of Ageton (HO 214). The figure there is the
>  one you want. Ageton uses different labels than the NA does, but if
>  you read (patiently) paragraph 2 (Form of Tables) on page 284 of the
>  almanac, you can re-label the figure and  see how it works.
>
>
>  Hewitt
>
>
>  On 3/23/09, Yanni Nikopoulos  wrote:
>  >
>  > Hello George, I would love to have a copy of those pages.
>  > Thanks
>  >  TURBO!!!!!cause bottles are for babies and superchargers blow!!!
>  > Which would you rather have, go fast goodies or shiny shoes?
>  > Your feet may look good, but if your engine blows up, you ain't going
>  > anywhere.
>  >
>  > Yanni Marinated
>  > S/V Princess Thalia
>  > Columbia 8.7 #73
>  > On the Hard
>  > Mayo MD
>  >
>  >
>  > ________________________________
>  > From: George Huxtable 
>  > To: NavList@fer3.com
>  > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:39:28 AM
>  > Subject: [NavList 7728] Re: NASR
>  >
>  >
>  > Guy Schwartz asked-
>  >
>  > | I know how to reduce a sight using the Nautical Almanac Sight Reduction
>  > | method, however I don't
>  > |
>  > | Understand what I am doing aside from following the recipe.
>  > |
>  > | Can anyone give me a easy to understand description of what each step is
>  > | doing.
>  >
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>  >
>  > I think I have the answer to Guy's question. It's a paper in two parts, 7 A4
>  > pages in all, which appeared in the spring and summer issues of "Navigator's
>  > Newsletter", by P M Janiszek, who, as I understand it, was responsible for
>  > these tables. I think, after reading those pages, Gay will feel that he
>  > knows all that needs to be known about those tables, and perhaps a bit more.
>  >
>  > I have sent scans of those pages backstage to Guy, but won't publish them to
>  > Navlist as they are copyright to the Newsletter. If anyone else would like
>  > to refer to a copy, I'm happy to share; just ask.
>  >
>  > George.
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