Computer Tools for Emergency Celestial Navigation

James S. Wolper

Abstract:	Modern air navigational systems offer unprecedented accuracy but are still subject to failure. Crews are neither trained for nor equipped for celestial navigation. This paper describes software that runs on any laptop computer that could enable a crew with no previous training in celestial navigation to derive useful navigational information from celestial observations. The software is available for free download from the author’s website.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2000 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 26 - 28, 2000 Pacific Hotel Disneyland Anaheim, CA
Pages:	418 - 422
Cite this article:	Wolper, James S., "Computer Tools for Emergency Celestial Navigation," Proceedings of the 2000 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Anaheim, CA, January 2000, pp. 418-422.
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