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Wait, this didn’t even rely on the constellations though. Get the latitude from the North Star and then look for matching air bases.
by NotYourLawyer 4y ago
Wait, this didn’t even rely on the constellations though. Get the latitude from the North Star and then look for matching air bases.
- httpz 4y agoI thought so too but I think you need to know the constellations first to identify the North Star in the photo.
- johnmcelhone 4y agoThis is correct. The brightness of the stars made them a bit difficult to identify by eye, I'm sure someone more familiar with sky charts could have done it. The constellations helped me align the sky on Stellarium (from their angles) and the north star helped me find the approximate latitude by using the angle from the horizon.
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoOk that makes more sense.