Celestial navigation for yachtsmen / / Mary Blewitt |
Autore | Blewitt Mary |
Edizione | [12th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (72 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 623.89 |
Soggetto topico |
Nautical astronomy
Navigation Yachting |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4081-0639-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Theory -- Heavenly Bodies -- The Geographical Position -- Declination -- Hour Angle -- The Zenith -- The Horizon -- Altitude -- Zenith Distance -- The Elevated Pole -- Azimuth and Azimuth Angle -- Great Circles -- Universal Time -- The Position Line -- The Meridian Passage -- Spherical Triangles -- The Intercept -- Sextant Altitude and True Altitude -- Dip -- Refraction -- Semi-Diameter -- Parallax -- The Practice -- Almanacs and Tables -- A Sun Sight in Winter -- Using the Sextant -- Recording the Sights -- Correcting the Data: Watch Time to UT -- -- Sextant Altitude to True Altitude -- Using the Almanac: LHA Sun from UT -- Using the Tables: Assuming a Position -- Declination -- Tabulated Altitude and Azimuth -- Plotting the Sight -- A Sun Sight in Summer -- A Moon Sight -- Planet Sights -- Meridian Sights -- Star Sights -- Sidereal Hour Angle -- Declinations -- Twilight and Preparation -- Selected Stars -- Precession and Nutation -- Using the Meridian Passage -- Pole Star Sights -- Selecting the Best Position -- NOTES -- Sextants -- Sextant Error: Index Error -- Side Error -- Spherical Triangles -- Calculators -- Concise Sight Reduction Tables -- Practice Sights -- Plotting Sheets -- APPENDICES -- A Nautical Almanac for 27-29 July 1997 -- B Nautical Almanac for 6-8 December 1997 -- C Increments and Corrections -- D Altitude Correction Tables 10°-90° for Sun, Stars, Planets -- E Altitude Correction Tables 0°-35° for the Moon -- Altitude Correction Tables 35°-90° for the Moon -- F AP3270 Vol 3: LHA, Dec, He, d, Z -- G AP3270 Vol 1: Selected Stars -- H AP3270 Correction Table 5 -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462598503321 |
Blewitt Mary | ||
London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Celestial navigation for yachtsmen / / Mary Blewitt |
Autore | Blewitt Mary |
Edizione | [12th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (72 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 623.89 |
Soggetto topico |
Nautical astronomy
Navigation Yachting |
ISBN | 1-4081-0639-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Theory -- Heavenly Bodies -- The Geographical Position -- Declination -- Hour Angle -- The Zenith -- The Horizon -- Altitude -- Zenith Distance -- The Elevated Pole -- Azimuth and Azimuth Angle -- Great Circles -- Universal Time -- The Position Line -- The Meridian Passage -- Spherical Triangles -- The Intercept -- Sextant Altitude and True Altitude -- Dip -- Refraction -- Semi-Diameter -- Parallax -- The Practice -- Almanacs and Tables -- A Sun Sight in Winter -- Using the Sextant -- Recording the Sights -- Correcting the Data: Watch Time to UT -- -- Sextant Altitude to True Altitude -- Using the Almanac: LHA Sun from UT -- Using the Tables: Assuming a Position -- Declination -- Tabulated Altitude and Azimuth -- Plotting the Sight -- A Sun Sight in Summer -- A Moon Sight -- Planet Sights -- Meridian Sights -- Star Sights -- Sidereal Hour Angle -- Declinations -- Twilight and Preparation -- Selected Stars -- Precession and Nutation -- Using the Meridian Passage -- Pole Star Sights -- Selecting the Best Position -- NOTES -- Sextants -- Sextant Error: Index Error -- Side Error -- Spherical Triangles -- Calculators -- Concise Sight Reduction Tables -- Practice Sights -- Plotting Sheets -- APPENDICES -- A Nautical Almanac for 27-29 July 1997 -- B Nautical Almanac for 6-8 December 1997 -- C Increments and Corrections -- D Altitude Correction Tables 10°-90° for Sun, Stars, Planets -- E Altitude Correction Tables 0°-35° for the Moon -- Altitude Correction Tables 35°-90° for the Moon -- F AP3270 Vol 3: LHA, Dec, He, d, Z -- G AP3270 Vol 1: Selected Stars -- H AP3270 Correction Table 5 -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787513303321 |
Blewitt Mary | ||
London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Celestial navigation for yachtsmen / / Mary Blewitt |
Autore | Blewitt Mary |
Edizione | [12th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (72 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 623.89 |
Soggetto topico |
Nautical astronomy
Navigation Yachting |
ISBN | 1-4081-0639-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Theory -- Heavenly Bodies -- The Geographical Position -- Declination -- Hour Angle -- The Zenith -- The Horizon -- Altitude -- Zenith Distance -- The Elevated Pole -- Azimuth and Azimuth Angle -- Great Circles -- Universal Time -- The Position Line -- The Meridian Passage -- Spherical Triangles -- The Intercept -- Sextant Altitude and True Altitude -- Dip -- Refraction -- Semi-Diameter -- Parallax -- The Practice -- Almanacs and Tables -- A Sun Sight in Winter -- Using the Sextant -- Recording the Sights -- Correcting the Data: Watch Time to UT -- -- Sextant Altitude to True Altitude -- Using the Almanac: LHA Sun from UT -- Using the Tables: Assuming a Position -- Declination -- Tabulated Altitude and Azimuth -- Plotting the Sight -- A Sun Sight in Summer -- A Moon Sight -- Planet Sights -- Meridian Sights -- Star Sights -- Sidereal Hour Angle -- Declinations -- Twilight and Preparation -- Selected Stars -- Precession and Nutation -- Using the Meridian Passage -- Pole Star Sights -- Selecting the Best Position -- NOTES -- Sextants -- Sextant Error: Index Error -- Side Error -- Spherical Triangles -- Calculators -- Concise Sight Reduction Tables -- Practice Sights -- Plotting Sheets -- APPENDICES -- A Nautical Almanac for 27-29 July 1997 -- B Nautical Almanac for 6-8 December 1997 -- C Increments and Corrections -- D Altitude Correction Tables 10°-90° for Sun, Stars, Planets -- E Altitude Correction Tables 0°-35° for the Moon -- Altitude Correction Tables 35°-90° for the Moon -- F AP3270 Vol 3: LHA, Dec, He, d, Z -- G AP3270 Vol 1: Selected Stars -- H AP3270 Correction Table 5 -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806832503321 |
Blewitt Mary | ||
London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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