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Re: Celestial Navigation Fundamentals
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Sep 24, 09:23 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Sep 24, 09:23 +1000
David An ideal book for your purpose might be 'The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator' by G.C. Bennet, published by International Marine -Described as 'An all-in-one navigation toolbox' it contains 'all the essential tables, astronomical data, and explanations for predicting and reducing observations made at sea', including 'a book on astronomical navigation a nautical almanac good for 5 years worldwide sight reduction tables a star finder' There is a new edition being released shortly. It has about everything you need all together (including instructions and forms for sight reduction, etc, that can be photo-copied) in a compact hardcover book that lies open flat. No I don't have shares but use it a lot. David Hilbish wrote: > All, > > I am new to the group and joined becuase I am trying > to learn Celestial Navigation. I am a Flight > instructor so I undetand navigation, I just need help > with learning to use my Sextant and find my way. > > Can anyone give me a web site of a good book to learn > the basics. Kind of Sextand for Dummies. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > dhilbish@yahoo.com > > ===== > David B. Hilbish > VP / GM Innovative Systems Design > Phone 630.851.6981 > E-mail dhilbish@inovsys.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com