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The use of the Planetarium in Navigation Instruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

F. D. Wilkinson
F. D. Wilkinson
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(South African Nautical College, General Botha)
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The planetarium consists of an optical projector centrally situated under a dome. The viewers sit around the projector instrument in chairs designed to give a comfortable view over the whole interior. The instrument used by the writer is the Spitz A2, manufactured by Spitz Laboratories, Inc., Delaware, U.S.A. Seating is provided for 40 persons under a 20-ft. dome in the particular installation at the South African Nautical College General Botha, Gordon's Bay, Cape.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1963 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1963

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