The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator
TAB Books Inc (Verlag)
978-0-07-007110-0 (ISBN)
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It also provides numerical examples to illustrate the methods and tables described.Everything you need but the sextant.Still a source of pride and respect, the ancient skill of celestial navigation has reliably guided seafarers for centuries. When voyaging far beyond landmarks, when your electronic navigation fails, "steering by the stars" can guide you safely to your destination.
Dr. George G. Bennett is the former head of The School of Surveying, Faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He holds a PhD in geography/surveying and has published extensively in international journals in the fields of surveying and navigation. He has served as a visiting scientist at HM Nautical Almanac Office at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. He owns and directs a company producing navigational software sold in the U.S. and Australia. He is a fellow of the Institution of Surveyors and Institute of Navigation. An experienced sailor, he teaches navigation at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and has sailed as navigator in nine Sydney-Hobart races. HOMETOWN: Mosman, NSW, Australia
How to Work a Sight--An Overview1 Introduction2 Scope and Contents3 Equipment3.1 Sextant; Perpendicularity Error; Side Error; Index Error3.2 Clocks4 Almanac Data4.1 Stars and Aries4.2 Sun and Planets4.3 Moon4.4 Summary4.5 Alternative Interpolation Method5 Planning and Observations5.1 Planning5.2 Sextant Observations5.3 Identification5.4 Observation Methods5.5 Sunrise, Sunset, Twilight6 Sextant Altitude Corrections6.1 Dip Correction6.2 Index Correction6.3 Star and Planet Correction6.4 Sun Correction6.5 Moon Correction6.6 Summary7 The Marcq St. Hilaire Method7.1 Intercept7.2 Azimuth; Azimuth Tables; Weir Diagrams7.3 The Position Fix8 Amplitudes9 Polaris9.1 Amplitude9.2 Latitude10 Sun Observations10.1 Running Fixes10.2 Meridian ObservationsTables, Examples, and FormsGHA Aries and Star EphemeridesSun and Planet EphemeridesSun and Planet Interpolation and Altitude CorrectionsMoon EphemeridesMoon Declination InterpolationMoon (GHA-GMT) InterpolationMoon Altitude CorrectionsSextant Altitude CorrectionsPrediction and IdentificationLAT of Sunrise and SunsetLAT of Civil TwilightSight Reduction TablesAzimuth TablesWeir DiagramsPolaris (Latitude of Azimuth)Change of Altitude in 5 Minutes of TimeSight Reduction Example: Stars, Planet, and MoonRunning Fix Example: SunAlternative Interpolation Table (Calculator)Form: Sextant Altitude AnalysisForm: Sight ReductionForm: Sight Reduction (Plot)The Navigational StarsIndexConversion of Time to Arc
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.12.1998 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 578 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-007110-1 / 0070071101 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-007110-0 / 9780070071100 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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