All types of magnetic fields - electronics, electric equipment and motors - can cause deviation. Deviation is different according to the boats heading. This often can be adjusted to a minimum. 4.

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In general, these two references — magnetic and inertial — are aligned, or at least close enough that any difference, known as deviation, can be corrected. For 45 years, I followed my magnetic ...

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Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.

An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study.

This wobble, or precession, is due to an external magnetic field is called a g-factor, and a century ago, this factor was found to be 2 (hence the name “muon g-2 experiment”).

Migrating bogong moths use stars and Earth's magnetic field to find ancestral summer caves each year by Eric Warrant, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...