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Re: Navy MK 5 Octant Using Natural Horizon
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2012 May 1, 07:34 -0700
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2012 May 1, 07:34 -0700
Bill: I had a chuckle at your finding all those acronyms, but I was taught that nautical language had to be unambiguous, so that no command could be misunderstood. I think the same goes for CN. "Height" is for height of eye, and not altitude."Body" refers to a celestial body, and not the body of the observer. Distortion of that precise language could lead to confusion. Jim Wilson On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:44:24 -0400 billwrites: > On 4/30/2012 7:57 PM, Alexandre E Eremenko wrote: > > There is something I don't understand in your messag: > > Alex > > When plotting a LOP with difference between Ho and Hc using > calculated > azimuth, (for those of us that don't regularly have 0d 0!0 between > Height observed and Height calculated ;-), one plots away from the > body > (A) or towards the body (T). > > A memory device: HoMoTo. If Ho is More than Hc plot Towards body. > > Bill B. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210