CELESTIAL-L4.2

Latitude by Polaris

CELESTIAL-M4 · Latitude and the running fix · CELESTIAL-M4-A Meridian altitude of the sun, latitude by Polaris, and the sun-run-sun and sun-run-meridian altitude fix.

Polaris sits about **37'** from the celestial pole, so its altitude is your latitude after a small correction. Worked with the formula the almanac's Pole Star tables are built on.

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