CELESTIAL NAVIGATION ee CNTs) A Guide for the Beginner What You Will Need — Language — Taking a Sight — Determining Latitude — Line of Position (LP) — Fix — Plotting a Line of Position (LP) — Vix — Other Members of the Solar System — - Stars — The Three Star Fix — \|5+ in Star Finding — Polishing Your SkillsVI. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR THE BEGINNER WHAT YOU WILL NEED ‘Time by Radio ‘Types of Sextants Nautical Almanac H.O. 249 Tables Other Materials LANGUAGE Latitude and Longitude How Latitude Is Plotted How Longitude Is Plotted Declination (Dec.) Greenwich Hour Angle (GHA) Local Hour Angle (LHA) Greenwich Mean Time Sidereal Hour Angle (SHA) Altitude (Alt.) Zenith Zenith Distance (ZD) Azimuth (Zn) . TAKING A SIGHT ‘The Sextant Altitude Corrections Instrument Correction (IC) Height of Eye (Dip) Correction (Refraction, etc.) Additional Corrections . DETERMINING LATITUDE Latitude Formula Time of Noon “d” Factor Standard Times Taking the Sight . LINE OF POSITION (LP)—FIX Step by Step to Line of Position Work Sheet PLOTTING A LINE OF POSITION (LP) Plot Sheet The Problem PlotVil. Vil. XI. Xi. XII. FIX Plot Sheet Work Sheet Plot Sheet Almanac Page Almanae Page OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Venus Work Sheet Venus Plot . MOON, Work Sheet Correction Tables Plot . STARS Polaris Polaris Tables THE THREE STAR FIX Star Work Sheet Three Star Plot Star Plot Using H.O. 249, Vol. II ASTART IN STAR FINDING POLISHING YOUR SKILL ‘The Navigational Triangle Computing He and Zn by Trigonometry Other information in Almanac Refining the Noon Sight The Direct Plot HO. 214 H.0. 229 APPENDIX: Table of Formulas Abbreviations Symbols CONTENTS 40 42 45 46 48 49 50 51 54 59 62 66 68 10 14 17 82 82 84 85 89 90 91 99 100 101