Self-Taught Navigation - Ten Easy Steps to Master Celestial Navigation
Entry/Object ID
VK559.K58 1970
Description
describes equipment needed including author's preferred brands, and all steps from obtaining sextant until getting line of position. Ten steps in shooting sun; time and the almanac; latitude by noon sight; shooting planets, moon and stars; latitude by Polaris; identifying Big Four constellation groups and several important stars; H.O. 249; helpful hints; gadgets and tools.
78 pgs., illus.
Collection
Library Circulating Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Step-by-step course for inexperienced beginners on celestial navigation