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The Admiralty Manual of Navigation. BRd 45 (2) Volume 2, Astro navigation / Command of the Defence Council Fleet Commander

Contributor(s): Great Britain. Defence Council | Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy) Command of the Defence Council Fleet Commander.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Nautical Institute, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 11th edition.Description: various pagings : illustrations (some color) : 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781906915582 (hardback).Subject(s): NavigationDDC classification: 623.89
Contents:
The celestial sphere - introduction -- Time systems -- Practical sights: planning, taking reducing and plotting -- The celestial sphere - definitions, hour angles and theory of time -- Identification of heavenly bodies, astronomical position lines, observed position and sight reduction procedures -- Meridian passage and Polaris -- The rising and setting of heavenly bodies -- Refraction, dip and mirage -- Errors in astronomical position lines.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Reference MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Reference 623.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference MTU Cork Module NAUT7004- Supplementary reading. MTU Cork Module NAUT7005-Core reading. 00218824
Total holds: 0

The celestial sphere - introduction -- Time systems -- Practical sights: planning, taking reducing and plotting -- The celestial sphere - definitions, hour angles and theory of time -- Identification of heavenly bodies, astronomical position lines, observed position and sight reduction procedures -- Meridian passage and Polaris -- The rising and setting of heavenly bodies -- Refraction, dip and mirage -- Errors in astronomical position lines.

MTU CORK Module NAUT 7005 - Core reading.

MTU CORK Module NAUT 7004 - Supplementary reading.

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