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Portable celestial compass

  • US 20120116711A1
  • Filed: 09/15/2008
  • Published: 05/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A portable celestial compass for determining the absolute position of a target comprising:

  • A) a telescope device for viewing the targetB) a 180 degree fisheye lens, a digital camera, and an inclinometer all mounted on the telescope device;

    C) a GPS device for determining position of the portable celestial compass;

    D) a laser rangefinder integrated adapted to determine distance to the target allows the observer to measure the target range; and

    E) a computer processor programmed with software adapted to determine the azimuthal direction of a celestial object based on its celestial position determined from image data from said digital camera at a specific time and to use that information along with inclinometer reading data and the position of the portable celestial compass to determine the azimuthal position of the target and to use the azimuthal position and the target range to determine the position of the target.

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