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Tan Z = sin (hour-angle) / (cos (hour-angle) sin lat - cos lat tan dec)
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:04:46 +1000, Peter Fogg wrote:
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> From: John Simmonds
>
>> Actually, I would suggest that the Sharp nav calculator uses the
>> same formula, truncated to 1 decimal place :)
>>
>
> Which same formula?
>
> I would expect that any shortened values would result from
> rounding: ie, the closest value being adopted. This does not seem
> to be happening for 2 of the 3 samples.
