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Topic: Hawaii by Sextant, problem 8, second question
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climber
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posted May 04, 2016 11:08 AM
On page 44 of the book, the DR latitude for the 18:02:02 (UTC) sight is 36 degrees 34 minutes. For the 29:34:46 sight it is 36 degrees, 32 minutes.
Both of the minutes are greater than 30 50%). However, for both sights the a-Lat was selected as 36 degrees.
Why not use 37 degrees for the a-last?
From: apalachicola
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Capt Steve Miller
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posted May 05, 2016 01:37 PM
Since the A-Lat to be chosen does not differ very much between using the next higher Lat. and the next lower Lat. I chose to keep the a-Lat near the working area.
From: Starpath
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