SIGHTS

SUN

1. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 36° 22'N Time at Ship: 0845hrs, 25th march 1995.
Long. 132° 25'W
Sextant Altitude of Sun's lower limb: 32° 59.9'
Index Error: 2.0' on the arc. Height of Eye: 14.2m
Chronometer showing: 5h 40m 45s Error: 2m 20s fast on GMT.

2. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 48° 32'N Time at Ship: 1215hrs, 27th June 1995.
Long. 23° 16'W
Sextant Altitude of Sun's lower limb: 64° 34.4'
Index Error: 2.0' off the arc. Height of Eye: 20.4m
Chronometer showing: 1h 48m 04s Error: 3m 42s fast.

3. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 46° 18'S Time at Ship: 0936hrs, 22nd January 1995.
Long. 128° 16'W
Sextant Altitude of Sun's lower limb: 49° 08.5'
Index Error: 3.6' on the arc. Height of Eye: 14.5m
Chronometer showing: 6h 15m 29s Error: 1m 58s fast.

4. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 48° 30'S Time at Ship: 1545hrs, 4th April 1995.
Long. 92° 45'E V/l keeping Zone Time GMT + 6 hours.
Sextant Altitude of Sun's upper limb: 16° 33.9'
Index Error: 1.8' on the arc. Height of Eye: 11.7m
Chronometer showing: 9h 48m 03s Error: 3m 10s fast.

5. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 46° 21'N Time at Ship: 1400hrs, 23rd November 1995.
Long. 140° 13'W
Sextant Altitude of Sun's upper limb: 16° 25.8'
Index Error: 2.0' off the arc. Height of Eye: 17.0m
Chronometer showing: 11h 25m 21s Error: 1m 10s slow.

6. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 35° 35'N Time at Ship: 0850hrs, 26th March 1995.
Long. 134° 26'W V/l keeping Zone Time GMT - 9 hours.
Sextant Altitude of Sun's lower limb: 34° 32.7'
Index Error: 1.0' off the arc. Height of Eye: 14.0m
Chronometer showing: 5h 50m 15s Error: 1m 10s slow.
PLANETS

1. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 43° 19'S Time at Ship: Evening twilight, 3rd Sept 1995
Long. 148° 29'E
Sextant Altitude of Jupiter: 67° 21.8'
Index Error: 1.8' on the arc. Height of Eye: 17.9m
Chronometer showing: 08h 06m 12s Error: 1m 39s fast.

2. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 21° 08'N Time at Ship: Morning twilight 21st July 1995
Long. 179° 18'W V/l keeping Zone Time GMT - 12 hours.
Sextant Altitude of Saturn: 57° 59.5'
Index Error: 1.9' off the arc. Height of Eye: 19.3m
Chronometer showing: 5h 09m 16s Error: 4m 38s fast.

3. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 60° 09'N Time at Ship: Evening twilight 14th April 1995
Long. 39° 29'W
Sextant Altitude of Mars 48° 43.9'
Index Error: 0.7' on the arc. Height of Eye: 12.6m
Chronometer showing: 10h 12m 18s Error: 3m 52s fast.

4. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 46° 12'S Time at Ship: Morning twilight 6th February 95
Long. 162° 39'W
Sextant Altitude of Venus: 29° 28.3'
Index Error: 0.7' on the arc. Height of Eye: 12.4m
Chronometer showing: 3h 17m 26s Error: 1m 05s slow.

STAR

1. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 32° 40'N Time at Ship: 1930hrs, 16th May 1995.
Long. 135° 17'E V/l keeping Zone Time GMT + 9 hours.
Sextant Altitude of Spica: 35° 32.0'
Index Error: 2.0' on the arc. Height of Eye: 12.0m
Chronometer showing: 10h 29m 04s Error: 2m 02s slow.

2. From the following information find the direction of the Position Line and the I.T.P.
D.R. Lat. 39° 15'N Time at Ship: Evening twilight, 15th April 1995.
Long. 148° 00'W
Sextant Altitude of Capella: 49° 36.6'
Index Error: 0.2' on the arc. Height of Eye: 14.2m
Chronometer showing: 05h 15m 03s Error: 1m 27s fast.