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Re: Lunar stuff (was: Calculating accurate apparent-anglesbetween stars)
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2003 Jan 9, 10:39 -0800
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2003 Jan 9, 10:39 -0800
Jan Kalivoda wrote: > > And astronavigation is the third in the line. Or not? Not yet. High tech military systems use celestial navigation. Look for the thread "accuracy of automatic celestial navigation" in the December mailing list archive: http://www.i-DEADLINK-com/lists/navigation/0212/ Also, a recent TV show about a U.S. aircraft carrier showed an officer shooting the Sun with a C. Plath sextant. It wasn't just for fun; he said they have to do it because satellite systems can fail.
