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Book - the complete on-board celestial navigator
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 2003 Mar 22, 13:00 -0600
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 2003 Mar 22, 13:00 -0600
Hi, I was looking for a downloadable version of the Nautical Almanac and found The complete on-board celestial navigator by George G Bennett isbn = 0-07-139657-8 listed on Amazon.com The description said that it included an almanac that was valid 2003 - 2007. The price was modest (just under $20.00 US), and I bought it. First, I am not a celestial navigator. Some years ago I took a few sextant shots of the sun and found S. Texas! ... by "cookbook" method - that is, rigidly following formula - not necessarily understanding. The Almanac section of "The complete..." seems to be abbreviated, and probably needs a lot of interpolation for use. The book is organized in 11 chapters, that can be logically organized into sections on - How to - Almanac data, including Stars & Aries, Sun & planets, Moon - "planning observations" - sextant corrections - the Marcq St.Hilaire Method - and various tables and forms. ------ Has anyone on this list ever used this book? It seems to pack a lot of information into its 176 pages. I suspect that to make it work one needs to add some extended work (interpolation etc.) --------------- Gerard Mittelstaedt mitt@hiline.net McAllen, Texas USA
