MASER Navigation in the Milky Way and Intergalatic

Authors: Jiang Dong

(Submitted on 31 Dec 2008)

Abstract: The traditional celestial navigation system (CNS) is used the moon, stars, and planets as celestial guides. Then the star tracker (i.e. track one star or planet or angle between it) and star sensor (i.e. sense many star simultaneous) be used to determine the attitude of the spacecraft. Pulsar navigation also be introduced to CNS.

Maser is another interested celestial in radio astronomy which has strong flux density as spectral line. Now I analysis the principle of maser navigation which base measure Doppler shift frequency spectra and the feasibility that use the exist instrument, and discuss the integrated navigation use maser, then give the perspective in the Milk Way and the intergalatic.

Maser navigation can give the continuous position in deep space, that means we can freedom fly successfully in the Milk Way use celestial navigation that include maser, pulsar and traditional star sensor. Maser as nature beacon in the universe will make human freely fly in the space of the Milk Way, even outer of it. That is extraordinary in the human evolution to type III of Karadashev civilizations.

Comments: submitted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

Cite as: arXiv:0901.0068v1 [astro-ph]

Submission history

From: Jiang Dong [view email]

[v1] Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:53:24 GMT (46kb)

http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0068