Celestial Navigation By Ho249

Author : John E. Milligan
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780870331916
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation by H. O. 249 written by John E. Milligan and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Any kind of boating can be fun," the author points out, "racing around the marks, or coastwise cruising where there is almost always at hand visual reference ashore from which bearings can be taken for locating one's position and thus finding one's way home. Severing these ties with land, however, offers a new kind of fun, a new kind of freedom, a freedom from dependence on land." Here is a basic beginner's book, introducing the amateur to the tools, the vocabulary, and the techniques of celestial navigation. Among the recommended tools are the H. O. 249 tables, the most widely used among amateur navigators at sea because of their simplicity. The ability to determine one's position at sea both liberates the sailor from the land and enables him to find his way to his destination. If you can read, add and subtract, understand angles, and use a protractor, you can learn to navigate in your armchair or at sea from Celestial Navigation by H. O. 249.

Author : John Karl
Publisher : Paradise Cay Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780939837755
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation in the GPS Age written by John Karl and published by Paradise Cay Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books on celestial navigation take shortcuts in explaining concepts; incorrect diagrams and discussion are often used for the sake of moving the student along quickly. This book tells the true story-and the whole story. It conveys celestial navigation concepts clearly and in the shortest possible time.It's tailored for navigation in the GPS age-a time of computers, calculators, and web resources. Although it covers all of the traditional methods of 'working a sight, ' the primary thrust is using the (under $10) scientific calculator. By using equations that you key into your calculator, this book guides you toward a better understanding of the concepts of celestial navigation.You will learn novel ways to plot lines of position, ways to check your sextant accurately by star sights, and how to tell what time it is from a moon sight. The many appendices are a treasure of references and explanations of abstract ideas. Celestial Navigation is a crucial skill for the offshore navigator to know, this book provides the shortest path to that knowledge.

Author : Dominique F. Prinet
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460242114
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation written by Dominique F. Prinet and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual has grown out of all the courses given by Dominique Prinet, a certified Instructor-Evaluator for Sail Canada who has been teaching celestial navigation since 2000. It has benefitted from the thoughtful contributions of over 100 students. The aim of Celestial Navigation is to give a sufficient grounding in the subject to determine position at sea using a sextant for fixes on the sun, moon, stars and planets. Furthermore, the material presented will prepare a reader who wishes to pursue a Celestial Navigation Certificate through self-study. The subject requires some comfort with the basic concepts of navigation, but the prospective navigator only needs to know how to add and subtract either times or angles. Lucid and well-paced, Celestial Navigation starts with fundamentals and definitions which ensure that a motivated student need not bring anything more to the table than his or her willingness to master the subject. Richly illustrated, it includes a chapter with more than forty pages of review exercises covering all topics. The cleverness of many of the concepts, explained here, will bring about great intellectual joy and satisfaction. Whether you are a recreational sailor or an individual pursuing professional certification as a navigator, Celestial Navigation will teach you what you need to know.

Author : Celestaire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781639445295
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HO-249 Air Navigation Volume 1 Selected Stars - Epoch 2025 written by Celestaire and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These tables were designed for air navigation where weight and space are at a premium, however, they are very popular with sailors too due to the fact that Vol. 1 offers a speedier way to compute stars. Volume 1 contains some stars (whose declinations may be more than 29°) that are pre-selected for optimum viewing and direction. This volume is applicable for an 8 year period, centered on its Epoch date.

Author : Bill Heinlen
Publisher : ProStar Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780930030698
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation in Plain English written by Bill Heinlen and published by ProStar Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celestial Navigation in Plain English offers a succinct, straightforward explanation of the fastest, easiest legitimate methods. Bill Heinlen presents the basic skills that will enable you to find your way anywhere in the world.

Author : Leonard Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939837335
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Problems in Celestial Navigation written by Leonard Gray and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional navigation with a sextant, an almanac, and a book of tables is still thriving, even with the availability of accurate, cheap GPS receivers. Batteries sometimes go dead, and electronic devices fail, especially in salt air. Also, it can be satisfying and fun to work out a position and plot it, all on your own - but getting good at it requires some practice.100 problems is a self-contained book of realistic celestial navigation problems, including excerpts of all the necessary Nautical Almanac pages and sight-reduction tables, with answers and explanations.

Author : Jeff Toghill
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393302943
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation written by Jeff Toghill and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1986-06-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the uninitiated, celestial navigation appears to be a somewhat frightening exercise in mathematics. In fact, the maximum mathematics involved in the new sight reduction systems is the addition of three lines of figures. Similarly, the apparent complexities of the solar and stellar systems take on a less frightening appearance when related to the lighthouses and similar earthly objects used for coastal navigation. Throughout this book, the author uses such a comparison between earthly and heavenly objects in explaining the close relationship between coastal and celestial navigation. In doing so, he reduces a complex subject to a simple and interesting one that can be absorbed by even the most non-mathematically minded. The book concentrates for much of its length on the plotting of the boat's position by sun, planets, and stars when out of sight of land. It also deals with related navigational routines such as checking the compass by using heavenly objects, taking radio time signals, and adjusting the sextant for day-to-day corrections. This is celestial navigation in its simplest form, presented in a way which even the most amateur navigator can understand and absorb.

Author : Stafford Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yachtsman's Guide to Celestial Navigation written by Stafford Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISBN 0871650193 LCCN 7964641.

Author : Hewitt Schlereth
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090581
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell written by Hewitt Schlereth and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hewitt Schlereth is a writer and sailing enthusiast.

Author : Otis S. Brown
Publisher : Liberty Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Day Celestial Navigation written by Otis S. Brown and published by Liberty Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: