Narooma Division

of the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol  

New boat location at the Town Wharf.      36 degrees  12.93 minutes South,   150 degrees 7.88 minutes East

  Dennis preparing for the visit, Tuesday 17 April, of  the Officer Commanding (OC), Commodore First Class Peter Phillipson and Deputy Officer Commanding - South, Commodore Kevin Hill .  

With a bit of luck (no promises) the OC will have a Competency Based Training laptop computer with him for Narooma Base  and instructions on it's use

Sunday 6 May  2007    Sausage Sizzle  10am to 2pm at Apex Park

Wednesday 9 May  2007    Base Meeting at 1300 hours

Sunday 20 May  2007    Sausage Sizzle  10am to 2pm at Apex Park

NEW    

A Primer in Astronavigation  - 2

The celestial equator is a great circle on the imaginary celestial sphere, which is actually the plane of the terrestrial equator extended out into the universe.

If an observer stands on the earth equator, he or she sees the celestial equator as a semicircle passing through the zenith. As the observer goes to the north (or south) the celestial equator tilts towards south (or north) horizon. However, because the celestial equator is theoretically infinitely far irrespective of the observer position, the observer always sees the endings of this semicircle exactly in his/her local east/west horizon.

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