Astronavigation A Method for Determining Exact Position by the Stars /

• Main Author: Zischka, K.A (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Astronomy.; Mathematical physics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This book acts as a manual for the ancient methods of navigating by the stars, which continue to provide the sailor or pilot with a timeless means of determining location. Despite the prevalence of GPS, a comprehensive set of formulae that can be evaluated on any inexpensive scientific calculator in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter One
• Terrestrial Navigation.- Chapter Two
• Astronavigation.- Chapter Three
• Methods for Reducing Measured Altitude to Apparent Altitude.- Chapter Four
• Some of the Instruments and Mathematics used by the Navigator.- Part II
• Chapter Five
• Elements of Astronomy As Used In Navigation.- Chapter Six
• Qualitative Description
• The Relevant Astronomical Phenomena.- Chapter Seven-- Quantitative Treatise of Those Phenomena.- Chapter Eight
• Ephemerides
• Appendices
• Bibliography.