ppt课件-determinationoflatitude.pptVIP

LESSON 21:Celestial Applications Learning Objectives: Know the information that can be obtained from the practice of celestial navigation at sea. Know the correct procedures for computing times of sunrise, sunset, and twilight. Determination of Latitude As we have already seen, determining position using celestial navigation is a lot of work. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to determine latitude by using methods which are much less time consuming. Determination of Latitude A latitude line (an LOP) can obtained by observing a body at meridian passage. Two bodies are commonly used f