celestial navigation

NOUN
  1. navigating according to the positions of the stars
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How To Use celestial navigation In A Sentence

  • Later, celestial navigation using sextants and fairly accurate clocks enabled absolute positioning, but the sailors had to refer back to dead reckoning on days with poor weather conditions.
  • While training in celestial navigation however, Grissom, as a practical joke, quietly incorporated three new names onto NASA's star list: Dnoces (which was really Iota Ursae Majoris or Talitha), Navi (Epsilon Cassiopeiae) and Regor (Gamma Velorum or Suhail). Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • This sextant is precisely calibrated for celestial navigation by a collimator that checks its accuracy at every 15, providing an accuracy of 0’.1 arc minute, 200 yards. Oldschool Navigationsystem
  • Far from being a mere passenger, Hattie kept the ship's weather logs, learned celestial navigation and even handled the vessel on some occasions.
  • Celestial navigation used a sextant built right into the cockpit but if the plane was wallowing at all, it was useless.
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