Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2020
1st Edition
Published on 22. August 2019
80 pages
978-1-4729-6859-3 (ISBN)
Description
Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is an established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of yachtsmen. It contains all the information the ocean-going sailor needs (without the bulk) in order to navigate by the sun, moon, planets and stars, using tables devised by practical ocean navigators. This book, together with a sextant, will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of the sight of land.
The book continues to feature the well-received additions of the past couple of years, including forms to help determine True Altitude (for the sun, planets and stars), Calculated Altitude (using the versine formula) and Azimuth (using the ABC Tables), as well as a pro forma for calculating Intercept. With 8 extra pages and an improved layout, there is plenty of space for making notes and calculations.
The book continues to feature the well-received additions of the past couple of years, including forms to help determine True Altitude (for the sun, planets and stars), Calculated Altitude (using the versine formula) and Azimuth (using the ABC Tables), as well as a pro forma for calculating Intercept. With 8 extra pages and an improved layout, there is plenty of space for making notes and calculations.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-6859-3 (9781472968593)
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Kendall Carter
Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2020
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08/2019
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Person
Kendall Carter was the pilot for HMS Ark Royal between 1991 and 1994, and also ran the Royal Navy's Navigation School. He was later harbour master for Portsmouth Harbour, and is now based in Australia, where he acts as a consultant for the Port Authority of New South Wales (Sydney).
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editor's Notes
- Description of the Tables
- Finding Position
- Monthly Pages (Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars)
- Polaris (Pole Star)
- Sun Altitude Total Correction
- Star or Planet Altitude Total Correction
- Moon Altitude Total Correction
- Arc to Time Conversion
- Sun GHA Correction
- Aries GHA Correction
- Planets GHA Correction (hours)
- Planets GHA Correction (minutes)
- Moon GHA Correction (hours)
- Planets Declination Correction
- Moon GHA Correction (minutes)
- Moon Declination Correction
- Moon Meridian Passage Correction
- Versines
- Log Cosines
- ABC Tables
- Examples
- Practising Ashore
- Compass Checking by Amplitude
- Formulae for Calculators
- Mean Refraction Correction
- Eclipses
- Planet Notes
- Phases of the Moon
- Pro Formas
- Sights Record Form
- Noon Sight
- Latitude from Polaris
- True Altitude
- Calculated Altitude
- Azimuth
- Intercept
- Alphabetical Index of Principal Stars
- Star Charts
