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Yes, it overcomes most objections, although the procedure is fairly
inaccurate, up to about 100 miles, compared to time shots a few hours
before and maybe after noon.  But Doug is saying that's better than
nothing.  Also, Doug appears to be using a different procedure in his
detailed posting.

On Jan 22, 2004, at 4:58 PM, Joel Jacobs wrote:

> Let me suggest, that if Doug had the time, he could start taking
> sights, say
> 5 minutes before Meridian Passage, record his first reading, and if he
> wants
> a series of readings, until Meridian Passage, record that, and then
> preset
> his sextant to the first altitude he observed, and take the time when
> the
> sun reached that altitude on the downside after passage. Averaging
> those two
> times should allow him to solve for long.
>
> That's more time than he wanted to allocate to this, but it shouldn't
> it
> overcome the objections relative to getting long from a noon sight.
>
> Joel Jacobs
>
>

   

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