Celestial Navigation 1 (1 cr)
Code: MM14O111GMC-3003
General information
Enrollment
05.02.2025 - 06.03.2025
Timing
07.03.2025 - 01.06.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Technology and Seafaring
Campus
Åbo, Hertig Johans parkgata 21
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain
Teacher in charge
Tony Karlsson
Objective
The student understands the basics of celestial position deter-mination.
The student is provided with skills in using the sextant.
The student is provided with skills in calculating the height to various celestial bodies.
The student is provided with skills in calculating the hour angle and declination of celestial bodies.
Content
• The basics of celestial navigation
• The height method
• The system of co-ordinates
• The Nautical Almanac (NA) and height tables
• Sextant and corrections for heights
• Height calculations
• Time, time calculations
• Calculations in determining the local time angle and declination of celestial bodies
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
Terrestrial Navigation B, Mathematics 2