ASTRONOMICAL-CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(01-22-2022 07:36 PM)PedroLeiva Wrote:  I have a lot to learn on the subject before I can obtain the geographical position by looking at the stars, as the crew members of the Atlantis Expedition did in 1984. Pedro

They had a full 52 days with not much else to do to figure out how celestial navigation works, while their raft drifted across the Atlantic Ocean :-)

Here I found a comprehensive (yet with 100 pages not overly long) book downloadable from the internet: http://www.dacust.com/navigation/pdf/Arm...igator.pdf

On pages 87 and 88 you can find a summary of the equations that will need to be programmed into your calculator - or calculated on the spot using paper and pencil as a ship's navigator would have done in the year 1800.

Regards
Max