HM Nautical Almanac Office

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Nautical Almanac Office
Office overview
Formed1832–current
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersTaunton, Somerset
Parent OfficeUnited Kingdom Hydrographic Office

His Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), now part of the

Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG), where The Nautical Almanac
had been published since 1767. HMNAO produces astronomical data for a wide range of users, such as astronomers, mariners, aviators, surveyors, the military, Police, lawyers, religious groups, architects, schools, diary and calendar manufacturers, photographers and film crews.

In 1937, it became part of ROG and moved with it, when it moved away from Greenwich (and was renamed the Royal Greenwich Observatory) first to

Abingdon in Oxfordshire. In December 2006, HMNAO was transferred to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, which is based in Taunton in Somerset
.

Leaders of HMNAO

Superintendents of the Nautical Almanac

Heads of HM Nautical Almanac Office

  • Andrew T. Sinclair (1996–1998)
  • Patrick T. Wallace (1998–2006)
  • Stephen A. Bell (2006–present)

Publications

  • The Astronomical Almanac (jointly with the United States Naval Observatory)
  • The
    Nautical Almanac
    (jointly with the USNO)
  • Astronomical Phenomena (jointly with the USNO)
  • The Star Almanac
  • The UK Air Almanac
  • Rapid Sight Reduction Tables for Navigation
  • Planetary and Lunar Coordinates

External links