sextant telescope
1Telescope (constellation) — Télescope (constellation) Pour les articles homonymes, voir télescope (homonymie). Télescope …
2sextant — /sek steuhnt/, n. 1. an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distances, esp. the altitudes of sun, moon, and stars. 2. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Sextans. [1590 1600; < L sextant (s.… …
3Sextant — This article is about the sextant as used for navigation. For the astronomer s sextant, see Sextant (astronomical). : For the history and development of the sextant see Reflecting instruments A sextant is an instrument generally used to measure… …
4Sextant (astronomical) — This article is about the Sextant as used for astrometry. For the navigator s sextant, see Sextant . Sextants for astronomical observations were used primarily for measuring the positions of stars. They are little used today, having been replaced …
5Sextant (constellation) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sextant (homonymie). Sextant Vue de la constellation …
6Télescope (constellation) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir télescope (homonymie). Télescope Vue de la constellation …
7SEXTANT — an instrument used in navigation (sometimes also in land surveying) for measuring the altitudes of celestial bodies and their angular distances; consists of a graduated brass sector, the sixth part of a circle, and an arrangement of two small… …
8Constellation du Sextant — Sextant (constellation) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sextant (homonymie). Sextant …
9Constellation du Télescope — Télescope (constellation) Pour les articles homonymes, voir télescope (homonymie). Télescope …
10Space Sextant — Astronaut James Arthur Lovell am Space Sextant (Apollo 8) Der Space Sextant (übersetzt: Weltraumsextant ungebräuchlich, in Handbüchern auch STX abgekürzt) ist ein optisches Messinstrument zur manuellen oder (teil)automatisierten Navigation im… …
