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Astronomy 1L (Lab Class) Information Celestial Navigation Project: Practice Problems For each of the following "observations", calculate the latitude and longitude. (All dates are for 2004) Star Date & Time Altitude Azimuth Latitude Longitude Vega May 17, 4 am PDT 80 0     Capella Jan 12, 8 pm PST 60 0     Canopus Jan 12, 8 pm PST 30 180     Capella Jan 27, 7 pm PST 80 180     a Centauri Dec 17, 8 pm PST 30 180     Kochab Jun 12, 2 am PDT 70 0