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  • 03-09-2017
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If the angle between polaris and the horizon is 40°, what is your approximate latitude?

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YellowGold
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  • 15-09-2017

Polaris is the basis of our calculation having a deviation of 0.7 degrees from the fixed north. So if the angle between Polaris and the horizon is 40 degrees, then it only means that you are at approximately 39.3-40.7 degrees north latitude.

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