celestial navigation
astronavigation

It is also one of the 57 stars used in celestial navigation.

Now he only asked Archie for celestial navigation data every two months or so.

Celestial navigation has been taught since the Academy was established.

They are also used for training in celestial navigation.

The Vikings learned celestial navigation and developed other means of finding land.

Her special interest was celestial navigation, the guiding of ships by the stars.

Besides his research, he taught celestial navigation and time measurement to college students.

In the thirteenth century celestial navigation was already known, guided by the sun position.

She'll want at least another three watch-keepers, and preferably two of them must understand celestial navigation.

This is more than adequate to perform celestial navigation.

Because of its importance in celestial navigation, Polaris is known by numerous names.

They were critical to advances in surveying, celestial navigation, and other domains.

They have been part of religious practices and used for celestial navigation and orientation.

Class offerings range from beginning sailing to celestial navigation and ocean passage making.

Huston provided training for the Mercury astronauts in celestial navigation.

But she had never sailed alone, and had to learn celestial navigation through a correspondence course.

This phenomenon is routinely allowed for in levelling and celestial navigation.

This suggests that they use a technique of celestial navigation called transverse orientation.

There was a book on celestial navigation, and from that I learned to take a moon sight to establish our latitude.

It was an exceptionally clear night with many visible stars, ideal conditions for celestial navigation."

Specialized tables were published for applications such as astronomy, celestial navigation and statistics.

Although they understood celestial navigation, they probably stayed within sight of land whenever possible.

The concept of the solstices was embedded in ancient Greek celestial navigation.

"There is a tremendous interest in celestial navigation on Long Island because we have so many boaters."

The Chandler wobble also affects celestial navigation, since the latitude does change over a period of 14 months.