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Astronomy | EduNorth

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Learn to Live. Live to Learn. Aurora, Meteors, Planets, Stars, and Space. Astronomy seeks to answer some simple questions:. 1 Where are we? 2 How did we get here? 3 Where are we going? 4 How long will that take? 5 What’s that thing over there? Following are links to some online resources that you may helpful when the kids look up at the sky and start asking questions. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Astro Short Course 2013 Notes. Astronomy and World Heritage. Calendars on Star Date.

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Favorite Links | Motorsailer Sojourn's Blog

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Motorsailer Sojourn’s Blog. This blog started on the boat… now anything goes! Itinerary Planning for Moving the Boat “Down the River”. A Few Fellow Midwestern Cruisers’ Sites and/or Blogs (it’s fun to share your experiences when you’re “out there” and I’ve always loved. Watching others living our. HAVE AWAKENED AND ARE LIVING OUR OWN. IT IS STILL FUN TO SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING OR HAVE DONE. CONGRATS TO BOB AND MARGARET ON BELISSIMO FOR CLOSING THE LOOP! Our Favorite Weather Sites:. Online Government Ch...

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Jeffrey's Astronomy Page

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Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D. Observatory Director, Custer Institute. New Astronomical Product from Scientific Consultants Services. Research at Custer Institute. Websites of Custer Members and Local Astronomy Groups. Steve Orlando's Astroimaging Site. Steve Orlando is a staff member at the Custer Observatory. And an avid astrophotographer. Many of the images on his site were taken at Custer. Amateur Observers Society of New York (AOS). Celestial Navigation and the Problem of Longitude. Archives of the Univer...

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Celestial navigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Anne Tyler novel, see Celestial Navigation (novel). For the "Celestial Navigation" episode of The West Wing, see The West Wing (season 1). For other uses of "Celestial", see Celestial. Also known as astronavigation. Is the ancient art and science of position fixing that enables a navigator to transition through a space without having to rely on estimated calculations, or dead reckoning. To know their position. Celestial navigation. On a navigational chart.

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Cool Links

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Links to Related Web Sites. The author does not verify the veracity or correctness of the sites linked to. No effort is made to ensure that they are error-free. The following links are offered without any express or implied warranty. The US. Naval Observatory. Geocentric Positions of Major Solar System Objects and Bright Stars. Ephemerides Server of the Bureau des Longitudes. Precomputed Lunar Distance Tables. The Constants and Equations Pages. Sundials on the Internet. The Institute of Navigation.

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Celestial Navigation resources.

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I only wish I knew as much about astro navigation as some of the people who created these websites. By Andrew Evans. Probably the simplest introduction to taking a sunsight on the web. The author takes some liberties with sextant corrections, but it doesn't come much simpler than this if you use my Almanac. And Sight Reduction Tables. Andrew Evan's book Singlehanded Sailing: Thoughts, Tips, Techniques and Tactics. Page for their software and chart packages. An Introduction to Astro. Takes Astronavigation...

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linkspage

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Links to nautical organizations and clubs are posted on this page and organizations are welcome to place a link to this site on their own websites. FurledSails - Podcasts for Sailors. I'd Rather Be Sailing - Search Engine. Robin Lee Graham, Youngest Circumnavigator at 16. History and Parts of Submarines. New book which includes information about Creamer's voyage: The Natural Navigator. Websites with articles or comments related to Creamer and the Globe Star voyage:. Odyssey of the Mind.

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Navigation & Seamanship - Navy Resources

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Command Career Counseling (CCC). IT and Information Dominance. Other Resources and Blogs. Navy COOL - Quartermaster. NOAA Tides and Currents. Complete Sun and Moon Date for One Day. Phases of the Moon. Digital Nautical Charts Homepage. Local Notice to Mariners. Canadian Notices to Mariners. Speed Distance Time Calculator. US Coast Guard Navigation Center. Advanced Coastal Navigation Course. Celestaire Marine and Air Navigation Instruments. The Celestial Navigation Net. C-MAP Electronic Charting Center.

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Some of our favorite links

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Some of our favorite links. Http:/ www.keyshistory.org/ASS-Amer-Sail-Ships.html. Weather - for real. Http:/ www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/. Sailing - self steering. Http:/ www.jsward.com/steering/index.shtml. Http:/ www.kniff.de/cgi-bin/cgiproxy/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sail-plan. Best book on Celestial Navigation we know of. Celestial Navigation for Yachstmen by Mary. A fine site on Celestial Navigation:. Http:/ www.celestialnavigation.net. Cape Hatteras and the Gulf Stream :.

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Celestial Navigation Example

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Silicon Sea, leg 57. In these web pages, I will show an example of celestial navigation, step-by step. I have chosen as my example the sample leg 57. From the sample problem series. In this sample problem, we start with a boat whose last known position was 51 30.0'S, 80 59.5'W. We have the boat's heading and speed, and the current. After nearly a day of sailing, we take sextant sights on the moon and four stars. The goal of the exercise is to determine the boat's current position. Mdash; this is the.