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GE 261 — Field and Geodetic Astronomy

BSc BSc Geomatic Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Introduction to field and geodetic astronomy – purpose and scope, motion of stars and sun, the solar system; spherical trigonometry - the celestial sphere and various co-ordinate systems used on it; time scales, universal, sidereal, local; star places, the use of star almanac, star catalogues and reduction; observation and computation of azimuth; determination of latitude and longitude including position line; polar motion; introduction to digital astronomy.

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Level
Year Two
Semester
Semester One

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Course details from Second Year Course Content - Department of Geomatic Engineering.