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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
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Navigation represents one of the basic means of spatial orientation. It is an inevitable prerequisite of proper and exact defining one?s and that of the destination required. The correct way of navigation is performed as the precondition of efficiency in making the further move. For transportation, navigation is one of the pillars of the efficiency and safety as well. In our times, navigation makes use of in a wide spectrum of technical means and equipment, which enable high-precision navigation not only in aviation. It has not been quite the case in this manner so far. The article is aimed to point out the fact that within the general navigation there exists a special kind of navigation. Currently, this kind of navigation is exclusively used in astronautics. Under terrestrial conditions its role is rather marginal, but still retaining a high level of importance. It is the only method that enables orientation in an area and by comparing some parameters also helps defining time, all that without complex technical means or tools. This very type of navigation is termed as celestial navigation. The parts of the article are not devoted to the theoretical starting-points, calculation or demanding terminological apparatus, but instead, to pointing out the simple and more understandable mechanisms to be made use of quick orientation and finding the actual fix by means of the major celestial bodies. Part one is focused on the brief description and categorization of the far remote stars and constellations and their importance for navigation. The parts that follow are devoted to the basic principles and simple methods of orientation by constellations and objects of the Solar system, including the Moon. The separate parts of the article make use of simple and concrete examples to explain the ways that enable us to most precisely define the actual position, also in time so as to facilitate planning a journey further along.
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20th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2020
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20th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2020, 18 - 24 August, 2020
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Proceedings Paper
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STEF92 Technology
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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
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SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; C
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311-318
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18 - 24 August, 2020
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cdrom
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7076
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general navigation; astronautics; terrestrial conditions; stars and constellations; solar system
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