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Old 05-18-07, 09:18 AM   #5
vanjast
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Originally Posted by Georg_Unterberg
great job vanjast!
What almanac data do you use, vanjast? I wonder if the SH3 team did in fact use the ephemeris data from 1939-1945 to model the constellations. I only have almanac data from 1950 up to now.
the one I use is here:-
http://www.vanjast.com/NavMod/RealNav_ReadMe2.zip (1.7MB)
or
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=113975

I made this up for 1939-45 from a celestial proggy I bought.

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Originally Posted by Georg_Unterberg
I have tried to triangulate position by using 3 stars. I get varying results in position accuracy - best was 10nm so far (which is pretty good I think) and worst was 80nm error. Its impressive to see that all the constellations are in fact there where they should be!
I must still try this - maybe you want to write up a doccy on Triangulation

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