On 19 August, Nautical Twilight was 04 : 31 and sunrise 05 : 50.
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Of particular concern to landing craft, H-Hour was fixed forty minutes after nautical twilight.
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Nautical twilight has military considerations as well.
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Star and planet sights are normally taken during nautical twilight at dawn or dusk, while both the heavenly bodies and the sea horizon are visible.
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This is followed by the nautical twilight, when the sun reaches heights of-6?and-12? after which comes the astronomical twilight defined as the period from-12?to-18?
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The helicopters would land just after the start of morning nautical twilight, as mission planners weighed the options of attacking under the cover of darkness or during daylight hours.
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This is followed by nautical twilight, when the sun reaches heights of 6?and 12? after which comes astronomical twilight, defined as the period from 12?to 18?
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This is a writer who knows the difference between a lead line and an air baffle, civil twilight and nautical twilight, and he writes about boats and icy seascapes with poetic pleasure.
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After the sun has also set for these altitudes at the end of nautical twilight, the intensity of light emanating from earlier mentioned lines decreases, until the oxygen-green remains as the dominant source.
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The lowest latitudes at which the various twilights can continue through local midnight are approximately 60.561?( 60?32 433 ) for civil twilight, 54.561?( 54?32 433 ) for nautical twilight and 48.561?( 48?32 433 ) for astronomical twilight.