Celestial Navigation: by the Altitude Intercept Method - Softcover

LaFond, Capt Dorothy J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 172903523X ISBN 13: 9781729035238

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

An easy to understand instruction manual for learning Celestial Navigation using the altitude intercept method, including relevant tables for making calculations and an index. The artwork taken from the plotting sheet from her time on the 100-ton schooner, the Harvey Gamage is an added bonus. Without needing a computer and no special mathematical abilities, you can locate your position and plot a course to anywhere your dreams may take you. Simple explanations, the charts you need to run calculations and practice problems this is a book that makes understanding the art and science of Celestial Navigation understandable and fun."Celestial Navigation is an art, and a science. Therefore, using an artist's license, I simplify the overall picture of the universe by making us the nucleus. I don't really believe that all the celestial bodies revolve around us, but rather than get into the technicalities of the celestial sphere and the relative motion of that heavenly sky, we will pretend." - Captain Dorothy from About the Cover.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 172903523X
• ISBN 13: 9781729035238
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 278
• Editor: Bradford Kimerlee Jay