Compact Data for Navigation and Astronomy for the Years 1991 - 1995.

YALLOP, B. D. & HOHENKERK, C. Y.:

ISBN 10: 0521387310 / ISBN 13: 9780521387316

Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990

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1st. Edn. 4to. sized booklet in printed flexible vinyl covers. (25cm. tall x 19cm.). pp. xxviii, 70. Both pastedowns have lifted from the vinyl covers. This apart a near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Compact Data for Navigation and Astronomy for the Years 1991 - 1995.
• Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521387310
• ISBN 13: 9780521387316
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

Compact Data is produced by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office as a convenient summary of the basic astronomical information needed for navigation at sea. The aim of this book is to provide navigators and astronomers with simple and efficient methods for calculating the positions of the Sun, Moon and navigational planets. The explanation includes formulae for determining a position without the use of sight reduction tables from observations made with a sextant. The book will be valuable to navigators, surveyors and astronomers who make use of navigational astronomy.