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Latitude by Meridian Altitude Sun

The document provides instructions and a template for solving problems involving calculating latitude using observations of the sun's meridian altitude. It includes spaces to record the date and time of observation, sextant altitude, index error on or off the arc, height of eye, meridian passage time from the almanac, declination, observed latitude, and place of observation. The objective is to use the observations, corrections, and time of day to calculate the latitude and determine if the place of observation is east or west of the given longitude.

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Latitude by Meridian Altitude Sun

The document provides instructions and a template for solving problems involving calculating latitude using observations of the sun's meridian altitude. It includes spaces to record the date and time of observation, sextant altitude, index error on or off the arc, height of eye, meridian passage time from the almanac, declination, observed latitude, and place of observation. The objective is to use the observations, corrections, and time of day to calculate the latitude and determine if the place of observation is east or west of the given longitude.

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Latitude by meridian altitude Sun

Q1 On 21st Jan 1992, in DR 24º 36’S 110º 20’W, the sextant altitude of Sun’s LL on the
meridian was 85º 05.5’. If IE was 1.6’ off the arc and HE was 10m,
Find the latitude and state the direction of the PL (LOP).

(GMT= 21d 19h 32m 20s, MZD=04 42.4, OBs Lat=24 38.4 S, PL= E---W)

Q2 On 1st Sept 1992, DR equator 50º 27’E the sextant meridian altitude of the Sun’s UL was
82º 10.4’. If IE was 2.4’ on the arc and HE was 17m, required the latitude and the PL
(LOP).

(GMT= 01d 08h 38m 12s, MZD=08º 15.3´, OBs Lat=00º 07.1´ S, PL= E---W)

Q3 On 1st May 1992, in DR longitude 179º 58’E, the observed altitude of the Sun’s LL on
the meridian was 64º 35.9´ South of the observer. If HE was 15m,
Find the latitude and the PL.

(GMT= 30d 23h 57m 08s, MZD=25º 15.4´, OBs Lat=40º 20.7´ N, PL= E---W)

Q4 On 14th Sept 1992, sextant meridian altitude of Sun's UL was 70° 29.8' north of the
observer in DR longitude 116° 27' W. if I.E was 3.2’ off the arc and HE was 12m,
Find the observed latitude and state the direction of the PL.

(GMT= 14d 19h 40m 48s, MZD=19º 49.3´, OBs Lat=16º 44.3´ S, PL= E---W)

Q5 On 23rd sept 1992, in DR 23 40 N 161 56 E the sextant meridian altitude of the suns
lower limb was 66 10.6 if IE was 2.3 on the arc and HE was 10.5 m,
Find the latitude and the PL

(GMT= 23d 01h 04m 16s, MZD=23º 41.9´, OBs Lat=23º 35.7´ N, PL= E---W)
Latitude by meridian altitude SUN

deg min day hrs min sec


Sext. Alt. LMT mer pass From almanac
IE on (-) LIT( E ) (-) Longitude / 15
Off(+) (W) (+)
Obs. Alt GMT mer
pass
Dip( ) H.E Deg min N/S
App. Alt Declination
T. corr UL d ( )
LL N/S declination
T. Alt Named same as azimuth
MZD Named opposite to T alt
Declination
Obs. Lat. Dec & MZD same names add / opp names subtract small from large
and name same as large
PL

AZIMUTH

Plot latitude

And declination

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