Sextant Altitude Correction Calculator
Sextant Altitude Correction: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers sextant altitude. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared. Scope is.
Sextant Altitude Correction Calculator is a planned calculator in the transport section of Super Calculator, covering navigation.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: sextant altitude, index error, height of eye, body and date.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Corrections for index error, dip, refraction, semidiameter and parallax.
Written for celestial navigation students working a sight reduction.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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