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Old 06-21-07, 03:46 PM   #36
ichso
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Ok, I finally installed the RealNavMod. I started my patrol out of St.Nazaire, my patrol area was commanded to be DT59. So I set course for the Southern Atlantic.
Weather is calm, wind speed is at 4km/h, some clouds but one can still see the stars.

So in the second night, I grabbed my sextant and wanted to do a quick latitude measurement. I found Polaris by finding Ursa Major and Cassoipeia, as described in the manual which came with the mod.
But strangely it really isn't at the amount of degrees it should be. I know that I am somewhere around 45°N because I can't have travelled so far yet. But when using the sextant as described I would get measurements of about slightly more than 60°N.
I made a screenshot which shows Cassiopeia. Ursa Major didn't fit on the screen.
As you can see, the horizon is even under this screen capture, so I would get an result definitly way more than 45°N if aligning the screen with the horizon.

Any Ideas what I'm doing wrong there ?

(At least the stop watch looks fine again, thx Hadrys )
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