A Complete Home Study Course, Second Edition, Hardcover
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Köp båda 2 för 925 kr“among all the books in print on modern celestial navigation, including mine, this one is far and away the most comprehensive, more so than even the classic tomes–bowditch’s American Practical Navigator and Dutton’s Navigation & Piloting. It is rich in graphics, detailed in explanation, extensive in examples. At logical points, there are quizzes to let you track your progress.”
—Hewitt Schlereth, Author of Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell, teaches celestial navigation at the Maritime Institute in San Diego, CA.
preface
Introduction
About this Book
Are You Nervous About Learning Celestial Navigation?
How to do the Home Study Course
Frequently Asked Questions
Tools of the Trade
Celestial Terminology
How this Book is Structured
Chapter 1. Background & Overview
1.1 Overview of Ocean Navigation
1.2 Overview of Celestial Navigation
1.3 Bird’s Eye View of a Celestial Fix
1.4 Latitude, Longitude, and Nautical Miles
1.5 Arithmetic of Angles and Time
1.6 Exercise on Adding and Subtracting Angles
1.7 Exercise on Adding and Subtracting Times
1.8 New Terminology
Chapter 2. Sextants
2.1 About Sextants
2.2 How to Take a Sight
2.3 How to read a Sextant
2.4 Exercise on Sextant Reading
2.5 New Terminology
Chapter 3. Noon Sights
3.1 Introduction to LAN
3.2 Step by Step LAN Procedure
3.4 Exercise on LAN Sights for Latitude
3.5 Review: LAN Virtues and Drawbacks
3.6 New Terminology
Chapter 4. Piloting & Chart Work
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Universal Plotting Sheets
4.3 Exercise on Universal Plotting Sheets
4.4 Plotting Lines of Position
4.5 Exercise on Plotting LOPs
4.6 DR Plotting Exercise
4.7 More DR Plotting Practice
4.8 New Terminology
Chapter 5. Sun Sights
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Sunrise, Sunset and, Twilight Times
5.3 Sun Lines Using Starpath Work forms
5.4 Sun Sight Exercise, Sun #2
5.5 Sun Sight Exercise, Sun #3
5.6 Sun Sight Fix Exercise, Sun #4
5.7 Sun Sight Fix Exercise, Sun #5
5.8 Exercise—More Sun Sight Practice
5.9 Progress Report
5.10 New Terminology
Chapter 6. Running Fixes
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Running Fixes in Coastal Nav
6.3 Running Fixes in Celestial Nav
6.4 Exercises on Running Fixes
6.5 Running Fix with Sun lines #6 and #7
6.6 More Practice on Running Fixes
6.7 New Terminology
Chapter 7. Star Sights
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Sight Reduction of Stars
7.3 Arcturus Sight Exercise, Star #2
7.4 Altair Sight Exercise, Star #3
7.5 Antares Sight Exercise, Star #4
7.6 Arcturus Sight, Star #5
7.7 Regulus Sight, Star #6
7.8 Latitude by Polaris
7.9 Practice with Latitude by Polaris
7.10 New Terminology
Chapter 8. Planet Sights
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Sight Reduction of Planets
8.3 Jupiter Sight Exercise, Planet #2
8.4 Venus Sight Exercise, Planet #3
8.5 Jupiter-Hamal, Plot Exercise, Planet #2, Star #7
8.6 Venus-Sirius, Plot Exercise, Planet #3, Star #8
8.7 New Terminology
Chapter 9. Moon Sights
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Sight Reducti...