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Re: AstroNav Course
From: Stan K
Date: 2016 Jul 6, 18:25 -0400
From: Stan K
Date: 2016 Jul 6, 18:25 -0400
I have a copy of Volume II of The Admiralty Navigation Manual, 1938. In the preface it describes all three volumes, saying:
Volume I is a practical guide for executive officers covering ... but omitting the study of nautical astronomy.
Volume II is the text book of nautical astronomy completing the above syllabus.
However, I would say that about half the books on my navigation bookshelf have "Celestial Navigation" in the title. "Nautical Astronomy" comes in second.
Stan
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From: John Almberg <NoReply_Almberg@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 4:45 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: AstroNav Course
From: John Almberg <NoReply_Almberg@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 4:45 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: AstroNav Course
I never noticed before, but the “Admiralty Manual of Navigation (1964)” doesn’t use either astro or cel nav terms. At least not in Volumes 1 or 2, which are the ones I have.
It seems to prefer the term “off-shore navigation”, or just “navigation”.
Anyway, meant for professionals, but good books if you can find them.
— John
On Jul 6, 2016, at 4:03 PM, David Pike <NoReply_DavidPike@fer3.com> wrote:
The course itself is less than 2 hours and focuses on the sight reduction form (SRF) with simple math.It was always Astro with me, but I can live with Celestial. In fact, it's kind of growing on me. What I don't think I'll ever get used to is seeing good old Maths written Math on this site. Was it always Math outside UK and when did the difference occur? DaveP
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