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celestial correction

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  • correction Q — The correction applied to observed attitudes of Polaris to compensate for its displacement from the north celestial pole when obtaining latitudes by sextant. For example, in the Northern Hemisphere, the star Polaris (declination 89°10’N) is close …   Aviation dictionary

  • Light-time correction — is a displacement in the apparent position of a celestial object from its true position (or geometric position ) caused by the object s motion during the time it takes its light to reach an observer.Light time correction occurs in principle… …   Wikipedia

  • Q-correction — That applied to the observed altitudes of the Polaris star. The value of this correction is given in the Air Almanac, and it is applied to the Polaris altitude to obtain the true latitude. In the Northern Hemisphere the star Polaris (Declination… …   Aviation dictionary

  • z correction — In air navigation, the correction made for errors caused by a directional gyro precession or wander and Coriolis acceleration. The latter correction is applied by moving a celestial fix or position at right angles to the track …   Aviation dictionary

  • refraction correction — /rəˈfrækʃən kərɛkʃən/ (say ruh frakshuhn kuhrekshuhn) noun the small correction which has to be made to the observed altitude of a celestial body due to the refraction by the earth s atmosphere of the light which it emits or reflects …  

  • Sundial — A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating… …   Wikipedia

  • calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any …   Universalium

  • gravitation — gravitational, adj. gravitationally, adv. /grav i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the force of attraction between any two masses. Cf. law of gravitation. b. an act or process caused by this force. 2. a sinking or falling …   Universalium

  • Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …   Wikipedia

  • Intercept method — The Intercept Method , or Marcq St Hilaire method , as it is also rather inaccurately known, is an astronomical navigation method of calculating an observer s position on earth. It was originally called the azimuth intercept method because the… …   Wikipedia

  • Aberration of light — Light from location 1 will appear to be coming from location 2 for a moving telescope due to the finite speed of light, a phenomenon known as the aberration of light. The aberration of light (also referred to as astronomical aberration or stellar …   Wikipedia

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