Celestial Navigation
    updated 20.Apr.2004

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    Welcome to the Celestial Navigation page. Workshops are each Tuesday evening from 7-9 pm in the CAL, Lab II. We will go outside and observe for an hour afterwards if it is clear. These workshops will also be open to students in Physics of Astronomy and Working the Waters, for an extra 2 credits. See the Celestial Navigation column in our Syllabus.

    Our primary text is Emergency Navigation by David Burch. Please get this text from Orca Books downtown or order it online - do not count on the college bookstore to have it. We will also discuss these readings in Thursday Seminars from 5:00-6:30 in Lib 4004, which you are welcome to join (but not required).

    Bring to each class:
    • a printout of the day's workshop, read in advance
    • questions from your pre-workshop team meeting
    • your Burch text, read and marked
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    • a clear plastic ruler
    • pencils
    • a protractor
    • a calculator
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    Workshops for Spring 2004
    Most workshops will span 2 weeks.  Do workshops in teams of about 4. After starting the workshop, fill out a workshop feedback form and hand it in at the end of class.  After finishing the workshop (the second week), post a workshop report on WebX. 
    Week 1 warmup: Space and time
    workshop 1:  Solar motion
    workshop 2:  Starry Night    		 workshop 3:  Latitude
    workshop 4:  Longitude

    Here are previous workshops from Sailpower:

    Solar motion ... Moon workshop ...Stars and constellations ... Planetarium and island navigation ... Emergency navigation ... Tides and currents ...

    Position finding: Latitude at Sea  ... Sextant  ... Latitude and Longitude  ...Sun Sights ...

    Winds ... Forces and Energy
    Maintained by: E.J. Zita