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.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Year Two
- Semester
- Semester One
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