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Introduction to Celestial Navigation

This book focuses on Coastal and Ocean Navigation with an emphasis on celestial navigation techniques as a ‘back up’ in the event digital technologies fail.It deals with the main themes and principles of celestial navigation (including time). It covers the syllabus for deck officers working towards...

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Huvudupphovsman: Olsen, Alexander Arnfinn (Författare, medförfattare)
Institutionell upphovsman: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Upplaga:1st ed. 2024.
Serie:Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping, 15
Ämnen:
Marine engineering.
Transportation engineering.
Traffic engineering.
Geography.
Marine Engineering.
Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.
Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47542-9
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • Introducing the Celestial Sphere
  • Time Systems
  • Practical Sights: Planning, Taking, Reducing and Plotting
  • Observing Celestial Sights using an Artificial Horizon
  • Identification of Heavenly Bodies
  • Meridian Passage and Polaris
  • Rising and Setting of Heavenly Bodies
  • Refraction, Dip and Mirage
  • Errors in Celestial Position Lines
  • Sky at Night
  • Understanding Celestial Sphere Terminology
  • Hour Angels
  • Theory of Time.

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