#celestial-navigation on Hacker News

2 stories tagged celestial-navigation, newest first.

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker (righto.com)

413 points by NelsonMinar 6 months ago | 106 comments

Ken Shirriff blog post examining the electromechanical analog Angle Computer used in the B-52 bomber's automated celestial navigation star tracker.

333 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 305 comments

Aviation Geek Club article on the SR-71 Blackbird's astro-inertial navigation system, nicknamed R2-D2, which tracked stars even in daylight.