Re: Calculated Altitudes for Lunars
Subject: Re: Calculated Altitudes for Lunars
From: Bruce Stark (Stark4677@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 12:59:50 EDT
You're right, George. I should have said "Vertical circle," not "vertical
line."
As to how to get the data from the Almanac to calculate the altitudes when
GMT is uncertain, it's pretty much as you've put it in your last paragraph,
or as I put it some months back in an "It works" posting. Perhaps later today
I'll explain a way of doing it that will be more easily understood by modern
navigators. It's not such heavy going as you'd suppose. I've used it a number
of times and it's easy.
Bruce
