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Celestial Navigation Exam for Second Officer

The document is an examination paper for the subject of Celestial Navigation, intended for Second Officer candidates. It includes five questions covering topics such as position lines, local hour angles, sextant altitudes, compass bearings, and definitions related to circumpolar bodies. Each question has a specified mark allocation and requires calculations or explanations based on celestial navigation principles.

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Celestial Navigation Exam for Second Officer

The document is an examination paper for the subject of Celestial Navigation, intended for Second Officer candidates. It includes five questions covering topics such as position lines, local hour angles, sextant altitudes, compass bearings, and definitions related to circumpolar bodies. Each question has a specified mark allocation and requires calculations or explanations based on celestial navigation principles.

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Candidate’s Name:

Ports and Maritime Organization


Seafarers' Examination and Certification Directorate
Exam Code : SMSN

Subject : Celestial Navigation Date :1392.02.29


Rank : Second Officer (GT>500) Time Allowed : 2.5 Hrs
(Pass mark: 60)
Q.1) - At about 0615 hrs on 22nd October 2000, in DR 23˚ 48.5΄N 067˚ 00΄E , chronometer
showed 01h 12m 56s with error of 03m 45s slow, the sextant altitude of Planet Mars
was 32˚ 45΄, Index Error 2.8΄on the arc, Height of Eye 22 meters.
Find the direction of Position Line and the position through which it passes and draw a figure
to show; DR, Azimuth, Intercept, Position Line (P/L) and Intercept Terminal Point (ITP).
(25M)

Q.2) - At Sunrise on 15th December 2000, a ship was in DR 29˚ 32΄S 174˚ 15΄W.
Find the Local Hour Angle (LHA) and Declination of the SUN. (15M)

Q.3) - On 21st May 2000, at 05h 21m 00s Local Mean Time in position 29˚ 31΄N 070˚ 30΄E,
the sextant altitude of Polaris was taken. If Index Error was 3.0΄off the arc, Height of eye 14m
what was the sextant altitude of Polaris. (25M)

Q.4) - On 3rd/July/2000, at 16h 18m 00s Local Mean Time, on a ship in DR 48˚ 30΄N 046˚ 15΄W,
the compass bearing of the SUN was observed to be 263˚.If the Variation was 2.0˚E,
find the compass error and Deviation for the direction of ship’s head. (20M)

Q.5) - What is the term Circumpolar and


what are the conditions necessary for a body to be Circumpolar? (15M)

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