Sentences with phrase «celestial navigation»

Whatever this new discovery might lead to, xdeath's use of celestial navigation to locate the planet was so genius that even David Braben, creator of the Elite franchise had to share his surprise:

Created by the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association (HCSA), the three - day event features traditional ceremonies, sailing canoe rides and educational talks about celestial navigation and water skills.

Using celestial navigation, an intimate knowledge of tides and currents, and following the flight patterns of birds, their reach...

It's no wonder GPS has rapidly made its way into the navigation stations of recreational boats and commercial ships alike, replacing older electronic navigation systems as well as celestial navigation.

But because a second defined in that way fails to account for the slowing of Earth's rotation, it wreaked havoc with celestial navigation, which in the 1960s was still guiding ships across the globe.

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

To orient themselves they used basic celestial navigation, which means that they used information from the stars and from the sun to orient themselves.

Being one of the oldest branches of natural science, astronomy is diversified into celestial navigation astrometry, observational astronomy, and calendar - making, but professionals working in this field consider it to be a synonym for astrophysics.

Peter started sailing at 26 around Europe and has since completed a 5 - year circumnavigation of the world using only celestial navigation (no GPS on that trip!)

Green's paintings celebrate plant forms enveloped in darkness, but illuminated by starry skies; migrating butterflies driven by their near mythic celestial navigation systems; and African Weaver Birds displaying their spectacular nest - making skills in surreal and allegorical settings.

While serving in the Navy Reserve (1962 - 65), Rockne Krebs learned celestial navigation, inspiring his interest in light, leading to his first laser light work Sculpture without Object, 1968.

But when the military began launching GPS satellites in the 1970s, it was the beginning of the end for celestial navigation.

As in celestial navigation, the more «lines of position,» the tighter the resulting area on the chart.

While the Navy's decision to resume teaching celestial navigation is all about military preparedness, it nonetheless serves to illustrate, rather poetically, the extent to which technology so radically detaches us from the natural world.

Once or twice a day, a ship noted its position based on celestial navigation, and recorded its speed, and compass direction.

I've often compared the truth - seeking process of journalism, when dealing with a complex subject, to the increasingly endangered art of celestial navigation.

Events will include traditional Hawaiian ceremonies, sailing canoe rides, and educational talks about celestial navigation and water skills.

Older boys from wealthy colonial families often studied more advanced subjects, such as celestial navigation.

«Hokule'a's crew would forgo up - to - date technology, using celestial navigation to prove that ancient Polynesians used only the stars, sun, moon, wind, and waves to travel to the islands in the Pacific.

He's a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation.

There were huge advances there and then in engineering, biology, medicine, math, and celestial navigation.

Making this measurement is known as taking a sight and it is an essential part of celestial navigation.

World War II aviators and Apollo astronauts once used the Griffith's Samuel Oschin Planetarium to practice star identification and celestial navigation.

Test the tech: Celestial navigation As we feel the whole point of GPS navigation is not having to ask for directions, we haven't really given OnStar navigation a try.

Saturday, June 2, 10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Sailing canoe rides for all ages, picture story boards and «talk story» opportunities with race team members (some who sailed the Hokule`a) about celestial navigation and the history of the Hawaiian sailing canoes.

Events will include traditional Hawaiian welcome and farewell ceremonies, sailing canoe rides, celestial navigation and history talks, and race viewing.

Belize Sailing Vacations is able to accommodate beginners just learning to sail, to students interested in advanced ocean navigation or celestial navigation.

Sailing canoe rides for all ages, picture story boards and «talk story» opportunities with race team members (including former Hōkūle`a crew members) about celestial navigation and the history of the Hawaiian sailing canoes.

Brandon Neubauer's installation is inspired by the history of sailing and celestial navigation.

Fernández said that she created Nocturnal (Navigation) «to convey a poetic aspect of the Coast Guard, by referencing the vastness of the sea and the heroic, epic qualities of celestial navigation.»

Jeannette Ehler's «Black Bullets» appears at UVP as part of «Celestial Navigations: a year in the afro future», a year long exhibition and event program at UVP and several partner organizations focused on manifestations of afrofuturism in contemporary media arts.

So advanced in fact, that around a decade ago they stopped training Navy service members in the fine art of celestial navigation.

: As all dates are + / - 2.5 billion years, the author strongly advises against using this chronology for purposes of exegesis, carbon - 14 dating or celestial navigation.