Q- In lieu of a working GPS reciever, how can I find my latitude?
A- The angle of Polaris (The North Star) to the horizon.
Q- In lieu of a sextant, how can I measure that angle?
A- Construct a rudimentary protractor...
A2- Oh my goodness, I have a chart! Yes, with a bit of crude triangulation and, well, heh, I see my chart is measured down to seconds, not decimal minutes. And, it is still daylight, making it very difficult (impossible) to see any stars (Polaris) aside from the sun.
Looking at the paper chart (old school yet it STILL WORKS), I can now start anew (my old Garmin GPS 72 from 2006--16 years old--may have finally given up the ghost or maybe I can fix it, oh the digressions, the wormholes).
The Sun in August- at Latitude 41 30' 41". And oh, why not the Longitude (also measured using the paper chart) which is 71 19' 18".
The Sun, umpteen times bigger than Planet Earth, isn't much different from the Sun at, say Latitude 51 30' 18" in January. Ah, but we micro specs of cosmic dust, dwellers upon this blue orb, have our human perspectives.
Fair Winds
Captain Bill.
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