This Ex-Meridian short table can be used with a pocket trig calculator or slide rule to obtain an accurate latitude. Add the correction to a bodies altitude that is near meridianal passage (MP) and then solve for latitude as if observed exactly on the meridian.
+XM' = minutes of arc to add to observation Ho.
t = meridian angle
L = latitude
d = declination
Ho = corrected observed altitude
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