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From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2012 Jun 27, 09:00 -0700
Kermit,
The linked image of the actual plot on a nautical chart shows our positions in close agreement.
I do have to confess to using a beach chair with arms. This made for a very stable platform and can be considered cheating ;-)
Greg Rudzinski
[NavList] Re: Sun Moon Fix with Moon XM
From: Antoine Couëtte
Date: 27 Jun 2012 07:28
Hello Greg,
Brute force method results :
Not knowing position at all, get 2 possible positions :
S24°39'5 W148°43'3 and N34°10'6 W 119°14'7
From the latter position and with standard LOP's, get observed position at N34°10'7 W119°14'7
Excellent fix for just 2 bodies and no averaging, yielding an observed/computed position less than 0.7 NM away from GPS fix (N34°10'2 W119°14'7)
Good (Job) on you ! I see I have not used the recommended computing method, but got one result though ...
Thanks and Best regards
Kermit
Antoine M. Couëtte
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