Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

7-Navy
• Points of Contact:
FLENUMMETOCCEN DET Asheville
Federal Building, Room 563
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5014
Telephone: (704) 252-7865, DSN 271-4852/4232
STU-III: (704) 271-4874
Facsimile: (704) 271-4672
Message:
FLENUMMETOCCEN DET ASHEVILLE NC//00//
E-mail:
navy@ncdc.noaa.gov
7.4.2.1.4 U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO).
• Organization. Navy-controlled organization assigned to the Oceanographer of the
Navy (N096)
• Mission. Determine the positions and motions of celestial bodies, the motion of the
Earth, and precise time; provide astronomical and timing data required by the Navy and
other DoD components for navigation, precise positioning, and command, control, and
communications
• Products and Services. USNO provides a wide range of practical astronomical data
and timing products. The products are available as hardcopy publications, stand-alone
computer applications, and data services accessible via the Internet and other sources
• Standard Products
- Practical astronomical data
> STELLA: stand-alone PC software available directly from USNO; provides
basic almanac data for navigational bodies, full sight planning and reduction,
times of twilight, sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset for fixed sites or
vessel underway, and moon illumination
> Nautical Almanac: annual hardcopy publication distributed by the Defense
Supply Center Richmond (DSCR) provides basic almanac data for use in
marine navigation and other applications
> Air Almanac: annual hardcopy publication distributed by DSCR provides basic
almanac data for use in air navigation and other applications
> Data services and astronomical information available on the USNO
Astronomical Applications website, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/
> Information on astronomical standards and astronomical reference frames
available at the Astrometry Department website, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/ad/
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