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Re: cel nav for USCG cadets
From: John Huth
Date: 2011 Jul 26, 10:12 -0400
From: John Huth
Date: 2011 Jul 26, 10:12 -0400
I should add: I'm teaching a course to undergrads, where celestial navigation is only one part of more material. I use the equal altitude method in an assignment where they observe (from a stationary position) the altitude of the sun over the course of a day and extract latitude and longitude using equal altitudes. I hate to say it, but the mathematical preparation of some of the students is quite poor.
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Apache Runner <apacherunner@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh, yes, totally understood. It's a teaching toolOn Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:38 PM, James N Wilson <jn.wilson@juno.com> wrote:
Relative to equal altitudes, I'll issue my standard warning that observer
motion and declination change need to be considered.
I may not live long enough for the popular myth that the simple averaging
of times of observed equal altitudes is dispelled.
Jim Wilson
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