Intercept Planet

Q1 On 31th Aug. 1992,GMT 08h 15m 02s AM at ship in DR 60° 06’N 066° 18’W the
sextant altitude of MARS was 41° 32.4’. If IE was 2.1’ on the arc and HE was 10m, find
the direction of the PL and a position through which to draw it.

Ans. (LHA=314°50.3´, TZD=48° 36.4´, CZD=48° 34.4´, Int. = 02.0´ Away

Az. =119.4°, PL= 029.4° -------- 209.4°)

Q2 On the morning of 29th Nov 1992,GMT 23h 44m 02s in DR 39° 50’N 100° 12’E, the
observed altitude of MARS was 48° 41.2’. If HE was 22m, find the direction of the PL
and a position through which it passes.

Ans. (LHA=045° 05.3´, TZD=41° 27.9´, CZD=41° 24.8´, Int. =03.1´ Away
Az. =260.0°, PL=170.0°-------350.0°)

Q3 On 23rd Sept 1992, GMT 04h 04m 11s PM at ship in DR 40° 21’S 140° 12’W, the
sextant altitude SATURN was 54° 58.6’. If HE was 20m and IE was 3.2’ on the arc,
required the direction of the PL and a position through which it passes.

Ans. (LHA=328° 05.0´, TZD=35° 13.2´, CZD=35° 17.4´, Int. =04.2´ Towards
Az. =060.4°, PL=150.4°-------330.4°)

Q4 On 16th Jan 1992,GMT 23h 39m 38s AM at ship in DR 31° 41’N 100° 10’E the sextant
altitude of VENUS was 19° 48.6’. If IE was 2.1’ on the arc and HE was 12m, find the
direction of the PL and a position through which to draw it.

Ans. (LHA=311° 40.5´, TZD=70° 22.2´, CZD=070° 29.6´, Int. =07.4´ Towards
Az. =132.5°, PL=042.5°-------222.5°)

Q5 On 2nd May 1992, GMT 06h 20m 42s PM at ship in DR 19° 54’S 179° 58’W, the sextant
altitude of JUPITER was 52° 38.5’ when. If IE was 0.2’ off the arc and HE was 17m,
find the direction of the PL and a position through which it passes.

Ans. (LHA=338° 39.5´, TZD=37° 29.3´, CZD=37° 22.4´, Int. =06.9´ Away
Az. =144.0°, PL=054.0°-------234.0°)

Q6 On 1st Dec 1992, GMT 12h 23m 34s PM at ship in DR 29° 56’S 106° 14’E, the sextant
altitude of SATURN was 46° 21.8’. If IE was 1.3’ off the arc and HE was 14m, find the
direction of the PL and the longitude where it crosses the DR lat.

Ans. (LHA=046° 22.5´, TZD=43° 44.4´, CZD=43° 49.7´, Int. =05.5´ Towards
Az. =275.3°, PL=005.3°-------185.3°)
INTERCEPT PLANET

Day Hrs Min Sec AM Lat

GMT
PM Long

Deg Min Deg Min N/S

Sext. Alt Declination
I.E Off (+) On (--) d( )
Obs. Alt Declination
Dip ( ) H.E. Deg Min
App. Alt GHA planet
Total Corr. INC
Add corr v( )
True Alt GHA planet
TZD Long (+ E) (-W)
CZD LHA
Intercept CZD >TZD Towards CZD < TZD Away

Cos P X Cos Lat X Cos Dec +/- Sin Lat X Sin Dec
Cos CZD =
(+) Lat and dec same names (-) Lat and dec opp names

CZD=
Deg Min P = LHA if LHA < 180º
P =360 – LHA if LHA > 180º
P=

Tan Lat Named Opposite to

A= latitude
Tan P

Tan Dec Named same as

B= declination
Sin P

A+B Same names A & B N/S same as C

C= A-B Different names A & B LHA 000 to 180 (W)
LHA 180 to 360 (E)

Tan Az 1 N/S E/W

Az =
= C X Cos Lat
(N—E 000 + Az) , (S --- E 180 – Az),
True Az
( N --- W 360 – Az) , (S --- W 180 + Az)
90 + True Az
PL
(90 + True Az) + 180