Tuesday, October 30, 2007

CELESTIAL FORM WITH DEFINITIONS

BODY NAME OF THE BODY
DATE LOCAL DATE
DR LAT. FOR THE TIME OF SIGHT
DR LONG. FOR THE TIME OF SIGHT
Hs SEXTANT ALTITUDE ( READING AT TIME OF THE SIGHT )
IE INDEX ERROR + or - "on the arc or off the arc"
Hs SEXTANT ALTITUDE
Dip HEIGHT OF EYE CORRECTION
Ha APPARENT ALTITUDE
ALT. CORR. ALTITUDE CORRECTION
Ho OBSERVED ALTITUDE
ZT ZONE TIME OF THE SIGHT
ZD ZONE DESCRIPTION
GMT GREENWICH MEAN TIME & DATE
CT CHRONOMETER TIME
CE CHRONOMETER ERROR
CCT CORRECTED CHRONOMETER TIME
GHA GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE
M & S MINUTES & SECOND CORRECTION ( INCREMENTS & CORRECTIONS )
SHA SIDERAL HOUR ANGLE ( FOR STARS ONLY )
V " V " CORRECTION ( FOR PLANETS ONLY )
GHA GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE
A LONG + or - ASSUMED / DR LONGITUDE
LHA LOCAL HOUR ANGLE
TAB DEC TAB DECLINATION
d corr " D " CORRECTION
DEC DECLINATION