CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

REVISION

HOUR ANGLES & DECLINATION

Calculate the Local Hour Angle and the Declination of the following Celestial Bodies.

CELESTIAL DATE TIME OBSERVER'S OBSERVER'S

BODY 1995 (G.M.T.) LATITUDE LONGITUDE
nd
SUN 2 November 21h 44m 12s 35° 12.7'S 169° 12.7'W

SUN 21st March 02h 17m 33s 12° 19.0'N 14° 58.7'E

VENUS 26th May 19h 37m 00s 01° 41.5'S 97° 55.2'W

SATURN 5th February 03h 02m 42s 56° 31.1'N 156° 28.9'E

ARCTURUS 4th July 12h 51m 02s 05° 26.0'N 111° 00.4'E

MARS 30th January 01h 43m 19s 18° 11.7S 67° 33.0E

FOMALHAUT 17th September 03h 55m 58s 0° 12.0N 168° 36.7W

MARS 22nd July 23h 43m 39s 60° 11.3N 137° 48.0W

ALTITUDE CORRECTIONS

Obtain the True Zenith Distances from the following information.

CELESTIAL DATE SEXTANT INDEX ERROR HEIGHT OF

BODY 1995 ALTITUDE EYE
th
SUN 19 October 72° 56.9' 0.1' off the arc 6.1m
Upper Limb
SUN 26th June 23° 18.9' 1.1' on the arc 14.3m
Lower Limb
MARS 14th February 53° 23.7' 0.4' off the arc 10.6m

DENEB 30th September 10° 12.0' 2.3' off the arc 37.0m

JUPITER 1st December 33° 54.9 Nil 11.0m

VENUS 10th January 22° 00.4 1.6 on the arc 9.3m

SABIK 12th May 77° 58.9 1.8 off the arc 25.5m

SUN 31st August 22° 05.7’ 0.6on the arc 8.4m

Lower Limb
AMPLITUDES

Find the Ship Time and True bearing of the Sun:

SHIP TIME DATE LAT LONG ZONE

Sunset 15th July 15 33’S 127 23’W 8 hr 30 mins
Sunrise 1st November 27 15’S 27 45’E 2 hrs
Sunrise 17th August 58 10’N 85 45’E 6 hrs
Sunset 2nd October 44 55’S 15 12’W 1 hr
Sunrise 28th January 52 50’N 155 25’W 10 hrs 30 mins

AZIMUTHS

Find the True bearing of the celestial body:

BODY SHIP DATE CHRON ERROR LAT LONG

TIME
Sun 0845 hrs 25th March 5h 40m 45s 2m 20s fast 36 22’N 132 25’W
Venus 0430 hrs 6th February 3h 17m 26s 1m 05s slow 46 12’S 162 39’W
Jupiter 1800 hrs 3rd September 8h 06m 12s 1m 39s fast 43 19’S 148 29’E
Capella 1910hrs 15th April 5h 15m 03s 1m 27s fast 39 15’N 148 00’W
Sun 0936 hrs 22nd January 6h 15m 29s 1m 58s fast 46 18’S 128 16’W
Saturn 0100 hrs 7th December 6h 08m 04s 1m 04s slow 50 00’S 100 00’E
Spica 1930 hrs 16th May 10h 29m 04s 2m 02s slow 32 40’N 135 17’E
Sun 1545 hrs 4th April 9h 48m 03s 3m 10s fast 48 30’S 92 45’E

LAT BY MER PASS

Find the Ship’s Time and Observer’s Latitude at Meridian Passage of the Sun:

DATE ZONE LONG S.ALT LIMB I.E H of E NOTE

23rd Sept GMT 9º 30´W 45º 18.2´ Lower 0.3´ Off 13.1m DR Lat 44º 35´N
3rd May 3 hrs 45º 00´W 74º 09.0´ Lower 0.2´ On 11.8m DR Lat 00º 00´N
14th Oct 12 hrs 179º 55´E 34º 23.6´ Upper Nil 14.0m DR Lat 48º 00´N
30th July 4 hrs 62º 30´E 47º 19.2´ Lower 0.5´ On 25.0m Body brg 000ºT
2nd Feb 7h 30m 113º 48´W 67º 52.6´ Lower 0.1´ Off 10.0m Body brg 180ºT

POLARIS

Find the Latitude that the position line cuts the DR Longitude and the direction of the
position line.
GMT DATE LAT LONG SEXTANT I.E H.O.E.
1995
12:34:33 11th August 36 20’N 112 15’E 35 57.3’ 1.1’ off 11.8m
th
19:15:29 5 May 63 30’N 95 55’W 64 24.1’ 0.5’ on 7.7m
th
02:27:58 30 June 13 36’N 63 30’W 13 01.9’ 2.1’ on 8.8m
th
22:07:16 8 September 21 45’N 178 55’E 21 41.9’ 0.9’ off 25.0m