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Reading Pub. 249

Each page of Pub. 249 Vols. 2 and 3 is for one whole degree of latitude. To find Hc and Z:

  1. Pick the page for your AP latitude and the declination group (0°–14° or 15°–29°).
  2. Use the same name half if the declination and latitude are both N or both S, otherwise contrary name.
  3. Take the column for the whole degree of declination below the body's (14°48′ → 14°).
  4. Go down to the row for LHA (0°–180° on the left, 180°–360° on the right). Read Hc, d and Z.
  5. Table 5, entered with d and the minutes of declination, gives the correction to Hc. It takes the sign of d.

AP N 41°, Dec N 14°48′ (same name), LHA 36°.

Tabulated: Hc 48°41′, d +45, Z 120°.

Table 5 for d 45, 48′: +36′. Hc = 49°17′.

N. latitude, LHA under 180°: Zn = 360° − 120° = 240°.

Try it: find this entry in the page below, then try your own.

LAT 41°, declination 0°–14°, same name as latitude. LHA 0°–180° on the left, 180°–360° on the right.

LHA14°15°LHA
HcdZHcdZ
063°00′+6018064°00′+60180360
162°59′+6017863°59′+60178359
262°57′+6017663°57′+59176358
362°52′+6017463°52′+60173357
462°47′+5917163°46′+60171356
562°39′+5916963°38′+60169355
662°30′+5916763°29′+59167354
762°19′+5916563°18′+59165353
862°07′+5816363°05′+59163352
961°53′+5816162°51′+58161351
1061°38′+5715962°35′+58159350
1161°21′+5715762°18′+57157349
1261°03′+5615561°59′+57155348
1360°43′+5615361°39′+56153347
1460°22′+5615261°18′+55151346
1560°00′+5515060°55′+55149345
1659°37′+5414860°31′+55147344
1759°12′+5414660°06′+54145343
1858°47′+5314559°40′+53144342
1958°20′+5314359°13′+52142341
2057°52′+5214158°44′+52140340
2157°23′+5214058°15′+51139339
2256°54′+5113857°45′+51137338
2356°23′+5113757°14′+50136337
2455°52′+5013556°42′+49134336
2555°20′+4913456°09′+49133335
2654°47′+4813255°35′+49131334
2754°13′+4813155°01′+48130333
2853°38′+4813054°26′+47129332
2953°03′+4812853°51′+46127331
3052°27′+4712753°14′+47126330
3151°51′+4612652°37′+46125329
3251°14′+4612552°00′+45124328
3350°37′+4512451°22′+45123327
3449°59′+4512250°44′+44121326
3549°20′+4512150°05′+44120325
3648°41′+4512049°26′+43119324
3748°02′+4411948°46′+43118323
3847°22′+4411848°06′+43117322
3946°42′+4311747°25′+43116321
4046°02′+4211646°44′+42115320
4145°21′+4211546°03′+42114319
4244°40′+4211445°22′+41113318
4343°58′+4211344°40′+41112317
4443°16′+4211243°58′+41111316
4542°34′+4111143°15′+41110315
4641°52′+4111042°33′+40109314
4741°09′+4111041°50′+40109313
4840°27′+4010941°07′+40108312
4939°44′+4010840°24′+39107311
5039°00′+4010739°40′+40106310
5138°17′+4010638°57′+39105309
5237°33′+4010538°13′+39104308
5336°50′+3910537°29′+39104307
5436°06′+3910436°45′+38103306
5535°22′+3910336°01′+38102305
5634°38′+3810235°16′+39101304
5733°53′+3910134°32′+38100303
5833°09′+3810133°47′+38100302
5932°24′+3910033°03′+3799301
6031°40′+389932°18′+3898300
6130°55′+389831°33′+3898299
6230°10′+389830°48′+3897298
6329°25′+389730°03′+3896297
6428°40′+389629°18′+3795296
6527°55′+389628°33′+3795295
6627°10′+389527°48′+3794294
6726°25′+389427°03′+3793293
6825°40′+379426°17′+3893292
6924°54′+389325°32′+3792291
7024°09′+389224°47′+3791290
7123°24′+389224°02′+3791289
7222°39′+379123°16′+3890288
7321°53′+389022°31′+3789287
7421°08′+389021°46′+3789286
7520°23′+378921°00′+3888285
7619°38′+378820°15′+3887284
7718°52′+388819°30′+3787283
7818°07′+388718°45′+3786282
7917°22′+388618°00′+3786281
8016°37′+378617°14′+3885280
8115°52′+378516°29′+3884279
8215°06′+388415°44′+3884278
8314°21′+388414°59′+3883277
8413°36′+388314°14′+3882276
8512°51′+398313°30′+3882275
8612°07′+388212°45′+3881274
8711°22′+388112°00′+3880273
8810°37′+398111°16′+3880272
899°52′+398010°31′+3879271
909°08′+39799°47′+3879270
918°23′+39799°02′+3978269
927°39′+39788°18′+3977268
936°55′+39777°34′+3977267
946°11′+39776°50′+3976266
955°27′+39766°06′+3975265
964°43′+39765°22′+4075264
973°59′+40754°39′+3974263
983°15′+40743°55′+4073262
992°32′+40743°12′+4073261
1001°48′+41732°29′+4072260
1011°05′+41721°46′+4072259
1020°22′+41721°03′+4071258
103−0°21′+41710°20′+4170257
104−1°03′+4070−0°23′+4170256
105−1°46′+4170−1°05′+4169255
106−2°28′+4169−1°47′+4168254
107−3°11′+4268−2°29′+4168253
108−3°52′+4168−3°11′+4267252
109−4°34′+4267−3°52′+4266251
110−4°34′+4266250

N. Lat.: LHA over 180°, Zn = Z; under 180°, Zn = 360° − Z. S. Lat.: LHA over 180°, Zn = 180° − Z; under 180°, Zn = 180° + Z.

Table 5: correction for minutes of declination

d = 45′: correction by minutes of declination. It takes the sign of d.
1′121′1641′31
2′222′1642′32
3′223′1743′32
4′324′1844′33
5′425′1945′34
6′426′2046′34
7′527′2047′35
8′628′2148′36
9′729′2249′37
10′830′2250′38
11′831′2351′38
12′932′2452′39
13′1033′2553′40
14′1034′2654′40
15′1135′2655′41
16′1236′2756′42
17′1337′2857′43
18′1438′2858′44
19′1439′2959′44
20′1540′3060′45

The printed book has more on each page, and a few traps of its own: a page of the real Pub. 249, part by part.