Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell
by Schlereth, HewittFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
Publisher(s): Sheridan House Inc
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Summary
Learn to plot your own course by looking to the sky.
Author Biography
Hewitt Schlereth is an accomplished sailor and the author of several books on navigation. He is one of the foremost American authorities on celestial navigation
Table of Contents
| Preface | vi | ||||
| Introduction | vii | ||||
| PART I Our Star: Navigation by the Sun | |||||
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3 | (2) | |||
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5 | (4) | |||
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9 | (4) | |||
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13 | (10) | |||
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23 | (5) | |||
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28 | (15) | |||
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43 | (22) | |||
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65 | (10) | |||
| PART II Neighbors: Navigation by the Planets | |||||
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75 | (2) | |||
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77 | (4) | |||
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81 | (5) | |||
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86 | (9) | |||
| PART III The Astral Archipelago: Navigation by the Stars | |||||
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95 | (13) | |||
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108 | (7) | |||
| PART IV Luna: Navigation by the Moon | |||||
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115 | (11) | |||
| Afterword Accuracy | 126 | (9) | |||
| Index | 135 |
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