Stage 7 · field card
Field card
Corrections
Tray (inland)
- Reading
- IE
- − Refr.T6
- Ho
Sea horizon (coast)
- Reading
- IE
- DipT7
- Refr.T6
- Ho
Formulas
Polaris
Lat = Ho + T4
Star due south
Lat = 90° − Ho + Dec
Star due north (below pole)
Lat = Ho + 90° − Dec
Line of position
Ho − Hc → toward Zn (+) or away (−)
Night checklist
- Time is UTC, to the second. Norway is UTC+2 until 25 Oct 2026, UTC+1 until 28 Mar 2027, then UTC+2 again.
- Index error measured outside, after 20 minutes in the cold.
- Oil still, sheltered, 20 m from the dogs.
- Jupiter or Mars first, then stars from one row of T8.
- Write down the temperature, then the sights: 3–5 per star.
The client session (20–30 min)
- 1 · Find northBig Dipper → Polaris
- 2 · Meet the sextanttwo images of one star
- 3 · Measurestar pair or Polaris
- 4 · Calculatein the cabin, open the GPS
Worksheet
Print this page, or copy the grid into your notebook. Use pencil: ink freezes.
| Star 1 | Star 2 | Star 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star | |||
| UTC | |||
| Reading | |||
| − IE | |||
| ÷ 2 = Ha | |||
| − Refraction | |||
| = Ho | |||
| GHA♈︎ (T1+T2) | |||
| AP lon | |||
| LHA♈︎ | |||
| Hc (T8) | |||
| Zn (T8) | |||
| Ho − Hc |