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New method for reduction of astrolabe observations using rectangular coordinates on the celestial sphere

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A new reduction method usingx, y, z-coordinates is derived for astrolabe observations. By this method, the latitude and the longitude of the station are computed without the need of a priori knowledge of the station position. This method is a significant development in data reduction of astrolabe and other almucantar observations due to its mathematical exactness, simplicity, and the ease of handling the associated statistics.

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  1. I. MUELLER:Spherical and Practical Astronomy, Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, New York, 1977.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, (U.S.A.)

    L. A. Kivioja & J. A. Mihalko

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  1. L. A. Kivioja
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Kivioja, L.A., Mihalko, J.A. New method for reduction of astrolabe observations using rectangular coordinates on the celestial sphere. Bull. Geodesique 59, 391–395 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02521071

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