SIMPLE 2 Star Fix | Google Earth @ResearchFlatMoon

ResearchFlatMoon | SIMPLE 2 Star Fix | Google Earth @ResearchFlatMoon | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
We have used the sextant to find our location with a noon sight, now we move to the next phase and learn to do a two star fix with circles of equal altitude and google earth. This involves locating the Geographic Position of the stars and then using trilateration to find two possible positions, selecting the one closest to our dead reckoning position near Hawaii....

This is the work behind the challenge I issues Nathan, QE and the 'Flat Earth Sextant Experts' that exposed their lack of even basic understanding of how the sextant works.

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