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Subject: Re: Lunar stuff (was: Calculating accurate apparent-anglesbetween stars)
From: Paul Hirose (paulhirose@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 13:39:24 EST
Jan Kalivoda wrote:
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> 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.irbs.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.
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