METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED ASTRONAVIGATION AND COLLIMATING SIGHTING TELESCOPE FOR REALISING SAID METHOD Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01C21/02 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: method for computer-aided astronavigation involves recording time instants when luminaries are observed on vertical and horizontal fibres of a cross web and the horizon line. The field of vision of the eyepiece with straight-visible images of the luminaries, cross web of the eyepiece and the collimator on the display are transferred. The type of the starry sky is corrected using a computer program. On the display, navigation parametres are measured and coordinates of the sighting points are calculated. The collimating sighting telescope is a telescopic device, having a lens, an eyepiece, a system which creates an optical plane and a system which creates a straight-visible and mirror images of the remote space. The device has a built-in computer with a program for recording time instants for real-time observation of luminaries, measuring their navigation parametres and calculating coordinates. The channel which gives mirror images of the luminaries is fitted with a blind for cutting off mirror images from the computer display.

EFFECT: easy observation, providing round-the-clock observation of luminaries, accurate and rapid determination of coordinates through computerisation of measurement and computation processes.

2 cl, 1 dwg