Candidate’s Name:

Ports and Maritime Organization

Seafarers' Examination and Certification Directorate
Exam Code : SMSN

Subject : Celestial Navigation Date :1392.02.29

Rank : Second Officer (GT>500) Time Allowed : 2.5 Hrs
(Pass mark: 60)
Q.1) - At about 0615 hrs on 22nd October 2000, in DR 23˚ 48.5΄N 067˚ 00΄E , chronometer
showed 01h 12m 56s with error of 03m 45s slow, the sextant altitude of Planet Mars
was 32˚ 45΄, Index Error 2.8΄on the arc, Height of Eye 22 meters.
Find the direction of Position Line and the position through which it passes and draw a figure
to show; DR, Azimuth, Intercept, Position Line (P/L) and Intercept Terminal Point (ITP).
(25M)

Q.2) - At Sunrise on 15th December 2000, a ship was in DR 29˚ 32΄S 174˚ 15΄W.
Find the Local Hour Angle (LHA) and Declination of the SUN. (15M)

Q.3) - On 21st May 2000, at 05h 21m 00s Local Mean Time in position 29˚ 31΄N 070˚ 30΄E,
the sextant altitude of Polaris was taken. If Index Error was 3.0΄off the arc, Height of eye 14m
what was the sextant altitude of Polaris. (25M)

Q.4) - On 3rd/July/2000, at 16h 18m 00s Local Mean Time, on a ship in DR 48˚ 30΄N 046˚ 15΄W,
the compass bearing of the SUN was observed to be 263˚.If the Variation was 2.0˚E,
find the compass error and Deviation for the direction of ship’s head. (20M)

Q.5) - What is the term Circumpolar and

what are the conditions necessary for a body to be Circumpolar? (15M)