Nautical Almanac - An annually published book that contains information about the position of the sun, moon, planets and stars. This information is used for celestial navigation.
nautical almanac
A book containing all current data: navigational, tidal, astronomical and so on. It is published annually.
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Nautical Almanac - An annual publication that contains charts of celestial bodies and their movements. This text is issued jointly the H.M. Nautical Almanac Office (Greenwich, England) and the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Nautical Almanac
An annual publication that includes data necessary or helpful for navigation.
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Nautical Almanac
An annual book containing astronomical and tidal information.
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Nautical Almanac - An annual publication that contains tidal information and information about the position of the sun, moon, planets and stars. This information is used for celestial navigation.
That information is then used with tables in the Nautical Almanac to determine one's position. Center line The imaginary line running from bow to stern along the middle of the boat.
Shift tides: Sighting the positions of the sun and moon using a sextant and using a nautical almanac to determine the location and phase of the moon and calculating the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.[13][14] ...
Nautical Almanac: A calendar and advice book for nautical applications
Nautical Mile: One minute of latitude, 1852 meters
Navigation: The teaching of commanding a boat safely from one point to another ...
They place a collapsible sailing rig and simple navigational equipment (a plastic sextant, a compass, a calibrated quartz watch and a nautical almanac) in the dinghy. The rig should include a mainsail that can be reefed for storms, and a sea-anchor.
Position is determined by measuring the apparent altitude of one of these objects above the horizon using a sextant and recording the times of these sightings with an accurate clock. That information is then used with tables in the Nautical Almanac ...
With a chronometer, sextant and nautical almanac; the Sun, Moon, planets or 57 navigational stars could be used at any time of day or night that the horizon was visible.
 See also: Navigation, Nautical, Bow, Sailing, Boat
  
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