COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 2102 CELESTIAL NAVIGATION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MÜGE BÜBER

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The contents of the course at least covers the minimum knowledge, understanding and proficiency required for certification listed in column 2 of table A-II/1 for the function of ` Navigation at The Operational Level

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge of celestial navigation in maritime transportation
2   Having knowledge of sky objects and their motion at universe
3   Having knowledge of sextant usage and importance in navigation.
4   Having knowledge of Fixing methods by using celestial navigation technics.
5   Having knowledge of gyro error calculation by using celestial navigation technics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is celestial navigation The principle of position finding in celestial navigation and its basic definitions, celestial sphere, earth globe
2 Celestial coordinate systems, Equatorial system coordinates, reference planes GHA, Dec, SHA, and GHA(Aries)
3 Horizon system coordinates, reference planes, Altitude and Zn, Establishing a navigational triangle on the celestial sphere, elements of the triangle (Corners, edges, angles)
4 What is time What are time recipes, GMT, ZT, LMT, ZD formulas relating to times and rules for converting them to each other
5 NOTIC ALMANAK, its structure, information in it, celestial events, calculation of twilight and meridian crossing times, equation of time
6 Calculation of celestial body coordinates using the Notic Almanac, GHA and Dec (v) and (d) corrections
7 Finding latitude in meridian crossing, solution for special case of navigational triangle, connections between Dec-CoAlt-Lat
8 Calculating gyro error from Nories Table and ABC Table
9 Finding latitude from the North Star
10 Principle of sextant, parts of sextant, finding and correcting errors of sextant, finding correction values for sun, moon, planets and stars from Notic Almanac
11 Recognition of celestial bodies, Star finding methods, Planet plotting for star finders, Star maps
12 Finding stars with altitude and neighborhood rulers, the procedures for finding the calculated altitude and neighborhood, the procedures to be carried out to find the astronomical fix by drawing the position line on the map with the intersept found by comparing it with the observational altitude
13 Methods of finding gyro-magnetic compass errors in celestial navigation, Measuring the neighborhood in meridian crossing
14 By measuring the neighborhood from the pole star, by calculating the calculated neighborhood precisely while finding the calculated height

Recomended or Required Reading

Smith Gerry, Celestial Navigation
Norville Warren, Celestial Navigation
Davies, E., Celestial Navigation
Simpsons, Alexander, Celestial Navigation
American Practical Navigator, US Hydrographic Center, Volume I (1984)
Gardner, Creelman, Navigation for School and Collage 1946
Nicholls, Nicholl s concise guide to navigation, Volume-I, 10thed
A.Frost, Practical Navigation for second mates, 1985
A.Frost, The Principles and practice of navigation,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation and discussion, computer based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about celestial navigation phenomena and technics at undergraduate level, having skills and competencies, research, analysis, interpretation, verbal and written expression, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial skills and competencies will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Muge BUBER

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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