07-18-2018, 04:11 AM
(07-18-2018, 03:54 AM)pabrides Wrote: Sooooooo, I just finished the averaging of the sun and moon shots and plotted the same. I came within a quarter mile of the true position. So that was the answer... AVERAGING THE SHOTS.
Sun avg: GMT 13:46:59, Hs 19:06
Moon avg: " 13:51:59 " 35:10.3
Thank you so much, Rumata, for the intriguing nav problem.. I hope you have been working out my CN Challenge problems... they also might have some benefit for those who dabble in actual reductions.
Stay Dry
Joe
Averaging shots...Interesting. Let me try it again. I tried to average LOPs and the result was better than not doing it, but let me try to average the shots. And for the practical purposes, what do you think can be the maximum time span before shots for averaging? 5 minutes, less? Well, of course it would depend on the boat's speed and reliabilty of the shots themselves.
Thanks, Joe. As long as I know that I learn something -the day isn't lost.