Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Nautical Astronomy - Boris Krasavtsev

Nautical Astronomy

By: Boris Krasavtsev, Boris Khlyustin

Paperback | 29 December 2002

At a Glance

Paperback


$43.45

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.86 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

The present text is designed for students of marine college navigation departments. It will also be an excellent guide for navigators. It presents the principles of spherical astronomy, information on the design and application of astronomical and computation instruments and devices, elucidates the methods of nautical astronomy, tells about marine astronomical almanacs and time service. The book contains practical advice concerning observations and the processing of nautical astronomy data. Nautical Astronomy was written by two prominent Soviet specialists in the field. At the time of the original 1970 publication in the Soviet Union, Boris Krasatsev was an Associate Professor of the Chair of Astronomy at the Leningrad Marine Engineering College named after Admiral Makarov. He is one of the authors of the Handbook for Navy Navigators, which is very popular among Soviet seamen. Professor Boris Khlyustin, Doctor of Naval Sciences, is the author of a well-known text on nautical astronomy and of a number of scientific papers.

More in Astronomy, Space & Time

The First Astronomers : How Indigenous Elders read the stars - Duane Hamacher
The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot
Black Holes : The key to understanding the universe - Professor Brian Cox
2026 Australasian Sky Guide : Australasian Sky Guide - Nick Lomb
God, the Science, the Evidence - Michel-Yves Bollore

RRP $48.99

$38.75

21%
OFF
Under the Stars Camping Australia and New Zealand : Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics : Anniversary Edition - Carlo Rovelli
The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Stargazing for Beginners : Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky - DK
Longitude - Dava Sobel

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF
Exactly : How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World - Simon Winchester
First Knowledges Astronomy : Sky Country - Karlie Noon

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Chris Hadfield

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2 : Quanta and Fields - Sean Carroll
Facing Infinity : Black Holes and Our Place on Earth - Jonas Enander
A Brief History Of Time : From Big Bang to Black Holes - Stephen Hawking