Celestial navigation (7233 bytes)
1: ...c]]s. Sights on the moon, planet and stars allow navigation to occur at night or when clouds obscure other ob...
3: ...stial object. The circle will be centered on the celestial object's latitude and longitude. Two or three si...
7: ...ngles, an [[almanac]] giving angular schedules of celestial objects and a set of sight reduction tables to he...
9: ...estial navigation in combination with [[satellite navigation]] to correct a dead-reckoning track, that is, a c...
19: ...r the same measure the day before creates serious navigation errors. Before good chronometers were available,...

Celestial Navigation Trainer (2383 bytes)
5: ... a device designed to train pilots in [[celestial navigation]], the technique of [[position fixing]] by refere...
7: ==Early Celestial Navigation Trainers==
8: ===The Link Celestial Navigation Trainer, 1941===
10: ...f the [[Second World War]] was an early Celestial Navigation Trainer.
18: ... to the [[USA]], where hundreds of Link Celestial Navigation Trainers were in use.

Celestial pole (1685 bytes)
3: ... [[Earth|Earth's]] spin [[axis]] intersects the [[celestial sphere]].
5: ... degrees and -90 degrees (for the north and south celestial poles, respectively).
7: ...] for "Pole Star"). This makes Polaris useful for navigation: not only is it always above the North point of t...

Celestial sphere (3077 bytes)
1: ...ivalents, are the [[celestial equator]] and the [[celestial pole]]s.
3: ...bject to locate it in the sky. In this sense, the celestial sphere model is a very practical tool for [[posit...
5: ...lestial sphere will appear to rotate around the [[celestial pole]]s every 24 hours, this is [[diurnal motion]...
8: ...le|North Celestial Pole]], and [[South Pole|South Celestial Pole]].
10: ...] to [[west]]. If a star is sufficiently near the celestial pole that is above the [[horizon]], the star is a...

Celestial globe (1081 bytes)
1: [[Image:ChineseCelestialGlobe.JPG|thumbnail|right|Celestial globe from Qing Dynasty]]
2: ...hinese]] history, [[astronomer]]s have created '''celestial globes''' to assist the observation of the stars.
4: The earliest celestial globe was dated back to [[52]] BC in the [[West H...
5: The first water powered celestial globe was created by [[Zhang Heng]] in the [[East...
9: ...196;瓚) combined Zhang Heng's water powered celestial globe with an escapement device. The result was a...

Celestial bureaucracy (260 bytes)
1: The '''Celestial bureaucracy''' is the [[pantheon]] of [[Chinese m...

Celestial mechanics (3807 bytes)
1: {{mergefrom}} [[Celestial Mechanics]]
4: '''Celestial mechanics''' is a term for the application of [[p...
6: ... of [[physical law]]s. In this sense he unified 'celestial' and 'terrestrial' dynamics.
8: Celestial motion without additional forces such as [[thrust...
46: * [[Celestial navigation]]

Celestial equator (595 bytes)
1: ...uator]] until it intersects with said sphere. The celestial equator is [[inclination|inclined]] by ~23.5°...

Celestial observation (218 bytes)
1: ...on]], usually with a [[sextant]]. See [[Celestial navigation]].
3: [[category:navigation]].

Celestial spheres (887 bytes)
1: The '''celestial spheres''' relate to [[Johannes Kepler]]'s work '...

Celestial Kingdom (2913 bytes)
1: ...40 ([[King James Version]]). The [[Latin]] word ''celestial'' means "heavenly".
3: ...lled "celestial", "spiritual", and "natural". The celestial kingdom, according to Swedenborg, was "the Lord's...
5: :The angels in the Lord's celestial kingdom, from their more interior reception of th...
7: ..."vision". However, Smith's own description of the Celestial Kingdom contains both striking similarities and f...
9: ...ill only be judged by [[God]] to be worthy of the Celestial Kingdom if they have performed all required ordin...

Celestial Seasonings (2155 bytes)
1: '''Celestial Seasonings''' is a [[list of tea companies|tea co...
4: Celestial Seasonings founder Mo Siegel and some friends sta...
5: ...e; they were selling internationally by [[1977]]. Celestial Seasonings created and sponsored the ''Red Zinger...
6: ...nd the next year, Kraft announced they would sell Celestial Seasonings to [[Lipton]]. The sale was successful...
7: <!-- 1990s -->In [[1990]] Celestial Seasonings moved into new headqaurters in a custo...

Celestial Online (663 bytes)
1: ...schduled "return" of the services provided by The Celestial Project, but it is planned to continue developmen...

Dreaming Celestial (2012 bytes)
1: ...ntastic Four. In an alternate future The Dreaming Celestial awoke and turned the world-devourer Galactus into...

Celestial Mechanics (8161 bytes)
5: ...ics is the study of the effects of [[gravity]] on celestial bodies.
11: [[Ancient Greeks]] developed theories regarding celestial mechanics, most of which were geocentric in natur...

Celestial Chorus (1760 bytes)
3: '''Celestial Chorus''' is a [[Tradition]] of [[mage]]s in [[Ma...

Celestial event (498 bytes)
1: ...omical_Objects|astronomical bodies]]. Examples of celestial events include the various [[Lunar_phase|phase]]s...

Hypothetical celestial bodies (528 bytes)
1: '''Hypothetical celestial bodies''' are [[celestial bodies]] that have been suggested as possibly exi...

Celestial Intervention Agency (686 bytes)
1: The '''Celestial Intervention Agency''' is a fictional organizatio...

Transport on other celestial objects (264 bytes)
1: ...et]]s, [[natural satellite]]s or other kinds of [[celestial object]]s other than the planet [[Earth]]:

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