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| DUM2020 | Celestial Cruise | 3+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MARITIME TRANSPORTATION and MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Öğretim Görevlisi Neslihan KÜÇÜK | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Teaching the Understanding of Earth and the Solar System; Grasping the Relationship Between the Earth and the Celestial Sphere in Three Dimensions; Introducing Celestial Bodies; Teaching the Content and Usage of Nautical Almanac; Teaching Concepts of Mean Time; Teaching How to Determine the Coordinates of Celestial Bodies; Teaching the Calculation of Rising, Setting, and Twilight Times of Celestial Bodies; Teaching the Calculation of Meridian Passage Times; Teaching Methods of Finding Stars and Finding Stars with Altitude and Azimuth Instrument; Introducing and Teaching the Use of the Sextant Device; Teaching the Process of Taking Astronomical Fix Positions; Teaching How to Determine Errors of Gyro and Magnetic Compasses in Celestial Navigation. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | CAN MEASURE ANGLES OF CELESTIAL BODY WITH SEXTANT AND CORRECT SEXTANT ERRORS | 4,7 | 4, | | LO - 2 : | CAN USE NOTIC ALMANAC, SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES AND STAR CHARTS | 4,9 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | CAN CALCULATE THE RISING, SETTING AND TWILIGHT TIMES OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS | 11 | 3, | | LO - 4 : | ASTRONOMICAL FIX POSITIONS CAN BE ASSIGNED BY USING CELESTIAL OBJECTS | | 1,3, | | LO - 5 : | CAN FIND A STAR USING THE ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH TABLE | | 2,3, | | LO - 6 : | CAN DETERMINE GYRO AND MAGNETIC COMPASS ERROR WITH THE HELP OF CELESTIAL NAVIGATION | 3,9 | 1,3, | | LO - 7 : | TRANSLATE THE CONCEPT OF TIME INTI EACH OTHER | 11 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| SKY NAVIGATION DEFINITION, PRINCIPLE OF POSITION FINDING IN CELESTIAL NAVIGATION; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CELESTIAL SPHERE AND TERRESTRIAL SPHERE, CELESTIAL SPHERE COORDINATE SYSTEMS; EQUATORIAL SYSTEM COORDINATES AND REFERENCE PLANES (GHA, SHA, DEC, GHA ARIES); HORIZON SYSTEM COORDINATES REFERENCE PLANES (ALTITUDE, AZIMUTH); CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TRIANGLE AND ITS ELEMENTS; MEAN SOLAR TIME AND TIME DEFINITIONS (GMT, LMT, ZT, ZD); NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND ITS USAGE; RISING, SETTING, AND TWILIGHT TIMES OF CELESTIAL BODIES; MERIDIAN PASSAGE TIMES; CALCULATION OF CELESTIAL BODY COORDINATES THROUGH NAUTICAL ALMANAC; FINDING LATITUDE AT MERIDIAN PASSAGE, SOLUTION FOR SPECIAL CASES OF CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TRIANGLE AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEC-COALT-LAT; FINDING LATITUDE FROM POLAR STAR; SEXTANT IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ERRORS AND THEIR CORRECTIONS; IDENTIFICATION OF CELESTIAL BODIES; METHODS OF FINDING STARS, PLANET PLOTTING WITH STAR FINDERS, STAR MAPS; FINDING STARS WITH ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH INSTRUMENT; METHODS OF FINDING OBSERVED ALTITUDE (Hc) AND AZIMUTH; PLACING ASTRONOMICAL FIX POSITION USING INTERCEPT METHOD; METHODS OF FINDING ERRORS OF GYRO AND MAGNETIC COMPASSES IN CELESTIAL NAVIGATION. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | DEFINITION AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, SOLAR SYSTEM AND ITS MOVEMENTS | | | Week 2 | CELESTIAL SPHERE COORDINATE SYSTEMS | | | Week 3 | EQUATOR SYSTEM COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND HORIZON SYSTEM COORDINATE SYSTEMS (GHA, LHA, SHA, DEC, ALTITUDE, AZIMUTH) | | | Week 4 | USE AND CONTENT OF NOTIC ALMANAC, FINDING THE COORDINATES OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS BY CALCULATION | | | Week 5 | CALCULATING THE RISING, SETTING AND TWILIGHT TIMES OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS | | | Week 6 | TIME DEFINITION AND TIME DESCRIPTIONS, MEAN SOLAR TIME AND VISUAL SOLAR TIME DIFFERENCE, REGIONAL TIMES AND TIME ZONES, CONVERTING TIMES TO EACH OTHER | | | Week 7 | SEXTANT PRINCIPLE AND ITS PARTS, DETECTING SEXTANT ERRORS AND CORRECTING SEXTANT ERRORS | | | Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAM | | | Week 9 | CALCULATION OF MERIDIAN TRANSITION TIMES OF CELESTIAL BODY | | | Week 10 | FINDING THE LATITUDE IN MERIDIAN PASSAGE, NAVIGATION TRIANGLE CALCULATIONS, CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEC-COAT-LAT | | | Week 11 | METHODS FOR FINDING CALCULATED HEIGHT AND DISTRICT, THINGS TO BE DONE TO FIND THE ASTRONOMICAL FIX LOCATION BY DRAWING A LOCATION LINE ON THE PLOTTING SHEET OR MAP WITH INTERSEPT | | | Week 12 | RECOGNITION OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS AND METHODS OF FINDING STARS | | | Week 13 | USING STAR FINDERS AND PLANET PLOTING WITH STAR FINDERS, FINDING STARS WITH AZIMUTH AND ALTITUDE TABLES | | | Week 14 | METHODS OF DETECTING GYRO AND MAGNETIC COMPASS ERRORS BY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, BY MEASURING THE CITY WHEN PASSING FROM THE MERIDIAN | | | Week 15 | METHODS OF FINDING GYRO AND MAGNETIC COMPASS ERRORS USING CELESTIAL NAVIGATION, BY MEASURING THE CITATION FROM THE POLE STAR OR FINDING THE ALTITUDE WITH PRECISION. | | | Week 16 | FINAL EXAM | | | |
| 1 | BAYTURA,SÜHA. 2000; ASTRONOMİK SEYİR I, TÜDEV, NO: K-2, İSTANBUL | | | 2 | BAYTURA,SÜHA. 2000; ASTRONOMİK SEYİR II, TÜDEV, NO: K-2, İSTANBUL | | | |
| 1 | BETHESDA, MARYLAND. 1995; THE AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATIONNATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15.04.2024 | 60 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 14 | 05.06.2024 | 60 | 50 | | |
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