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    Re: The Future of Celestial Navigation: A British Viewpoint
    From: Lu Abel
    Date: 2013 Sep 2, 10:31 -0700
    I was about to dismiss this paper as a troglodyte yearning for an old method of navigation (eg, he barely mentions "availability" of stars for sights -- forget clouds, how about the fact that except for the sun and moon, I can only take shots at dawn and dusk?).  But then near the end he mentions automated celestial systems.

    If we want to discuss the future of celestial navigation, I think it should not be in the context of 18th century instruments and sight reduction, but in the context of 21st century technology.  Would it be possible to fabricate a relatively inexpensive system that can be mounted on a ship and automatically take sights?   Oh, and with today's computer technology, having the device automatically reduce them?   Come to think of it, didn't the SR71 Blackbird airplane do this -- and back in the 1960s?



    From: Andrés Ruiz <navigationalalgorithms@gmail.com>
    To: luabel@ymail.com
    Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:31 PM
    Subject: [NavList] The Future of Celestial Navigation: A British Viewpoint


    The Future of Celestial Navigation: A British Viewpoint:
    ftp://tycho.usno.navy.mil/pub/TimeAndNavigation/FutureOfCelestialNavigation_Steve.Bell.pdf

    --
    Andrés Ruiz
    Navigational Algorithms
    http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/
    : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=125036


       
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