On 15 July at 0447 ZT, your vessel's DR position is LAT 22°42' N, LONG 126°36' E. At approximately this time, you obtain a sextant altitude (hs) of Polaris reading 23°46.2' with an index error of 1.6' off the arc. Your chronometer reads 08h 48m 28s, and is 1m 16s fast. What is your latitude by Polaris, given a height of eye of 33 feet?

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Option D: 22°54.1'N. Apply index error (+1.6') and dip (33 ft) to the sextant altitude to find Ho. Calculate LHA Aries using the corrected chronometer time and DR longitude. Utilize the Nautical Almanac Polaris correction tables (a0, a1, a2) to adjust Ho, resulting in a calculated latitude of 22°54.1'N.