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Old 27-05-2008, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by TrevorW View Post
how many degress is true south I though it was 2 degrees short of magnetic south ie: 178 not 168.5 or thereabouts which is it

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http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/geomag/agrfform.jsp look here for magnetic declination gives

Australian Geomagnetic Reference Field Computation


Requested: Latitude -32o 06' 00", Longitude 116o 00' 00", Elevation 0 km, Date 2008/05/29
Calculated: Latitude -32.1000o, Longitude +116.0000o, Elevation 0.00 km, Epoch 2008.4071

Magnetic Field Components

D = -1.466 deg

so you are correct, actually you will have to go to 181.5 degrees, for us on the east coast it is more like the 168. See the attached map
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