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Las máximas alturas que podemos obtener de todos los astros visibles, con la ayuda del sextante, es en el momento deThe greatest altitudes we can get from all visible bodies with the sextant occur at:

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Correct answer: b) The body’s passage over the local upper meridian.

Why it is correct

On the upper meridian the body culminates.

Why the others are not

  • a) That is where its altitude is lowest.
  • c) No such equator exists.
  • d) No such equator exists.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Meridian passage: greatest altitude.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Sight reduction

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