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Sight Reduction Form PDF

This document is a sight reduction form used to determine a celestial body's position from observations. It has 4 sections: 1) recording observations and corrections, 2) time and dead reckoning position, 3) calculating latitude and longitude, and 4) determining a line of position by comparing observed and computed altitudes. The form guides the user through each calculation step to get the altitude intercept and azimuth needed to plot the body's position.

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Sight Reduction Form PDF

This document is a sight reduction form used to determine a celestial body's position from observations. It has 4 sections: 1) recording observations and corrections, 2) time and dead reckoning position, 3) calculating latitude and longitude, and 4) determining a line of position by comparing observed and computed altitudes. The form guides the user through each calculation step to get the altitude intercept and azimuth needed to plot the body's position.

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Sight Reduction Form

Section I: Observations and Corrections


1. Celestial Body
2. Apparent Altitude Index Correction
+ Dip Correction
+ Sextant Altitude
Total Apparent Altitude (ha)
3. Observed Altitude + Altitude Correction
+ Additional Corrections (Atmospheric)
+ Additional Corrections (Mars/Venus/Moon)
Total Observed Altitude (ho)
Section II: Time and Dead Reckoning
4. Date (GMT)
5. DR Latitude
6. DR Longitude
7. Time (GMT)
Section III: Latitude and Longitude
8. GHA Tabulated GHA
+ GHA Increment
+ SHA (stars) or v-correction (Moon)
Total GHA
9. LHA (a) Assumed Longitude (E. Long = 60’-GHA min.)
(b) +/- 360⁰ if LHA less than 0⁰ or greater than 360⁰
Total LHA (W. Long. = GHA-a+b; E. Long. = GHA+a+b)
10. Declination Declination (d-corr’n factor: _______ )
+ d-correction
Total Declination (Dec.)
11. Assumed Latitude Same / Contrary (compared to Dec. hemisphere)
Section IV: Determining a Line of Position
12. Computed Altitude Tabulated hc (d ____________ )
+ Declination Increment (Dec. minutes/60 times d)
Total Computed Altitude (hc)
13. Altitude Intercept (ho or hc) whichever is larger. ho = Section I, 3.
- (ho or hc) whichever is smaller. hc = Section IV, 12.
( T / A ) Intercept (Toward if ho > hc, Away if ho < hc)
14. Azimuth Angle (Z)
15. Azimuth (Zn) N Lat.: LHA > 180⁰, Zn=Z | LHA < 180⁰, Zn=360⁰-Z
S Lat.: LHA > 180⁰, Zn=180⁰-Z | LHA < 180⁰,
Zn=180⁰+Z

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