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Subject: book - the complete on-board celestial navigator
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt (mitt@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 14:00:56 EST
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.
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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.)
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Gerard Mittelstaedt mitt@XXX.XXX
McAllen, Texas
USA
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