U.S. Navy JAG Corps. Navy JAG Community â Dedicated to Service, Committed to Excellence. From Navy Judge Advocate General Corps Public Affairs Lt. Genevieve Loutinsky, a judge advocate at the Office of the Judge Advocate General, attended a reception honoring military women hosted by [â¦] Continue Reading...
We measure angles using a tool called a protractor. A protractor is half of a circle. A protractor uses units called degrees to measure angles. A protractor can measure angles starting from the left or from the right. It measures from 0 to 180 degrees. 180 degrees is half of the measure of a circle.
A sextant. A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. The estimation of this angle, the altitude, is known as sighting or shooting the object, or taking a sight. The angle, and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical or aeronautical chart ...