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Originally Posted by YellowSubmarine
Use the time provided by the sextant. Maybe I did not make myself clear.
Here's an example.
Suppose you measure Altair. The sextant shows 17:00:00 UT.
Then immediately measure Polaris. Ideally it should be close to 17 UT as well.
But let's say it shows 18:00:00 UT. If the moon rises at 19 UT. You would be false led to believe it is 1 hour to moonrise when it's actually 2 hours.
But you can still use 18:00 UT for any calculation with Polaris.
I tested Polaris before I uploaded this mod and the time was close to the other stars. So maybe it was an earlier version of the mod. I don't remember.
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We're back from our mini-vacation. Ready to get back to figuring this out.I am thinking it may be a good idea to record exactly what I do and see if you all can identify my misstep. I keep ending up reducing my shot to 100s or 1000s of NM off from my real position. I will post back with my record soon.