sun shot (plural sun shots)
- A measurement of the angle of the sun, made using a sextant, usually at noon.
1987, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, ACSM technical papers, page 167:Not so long ago, most surveyors thought that sun shots and star shots were more trouble than they were worth.
2014, Cecil G. Foster, MiG Alley to Mu Ghia Pass: Memoirs of a Korean War Ace, page 144:I first learned to navigate by using hand-held sextants to take sun shots, star shots, or by looking out the window reading a map.
2014, Cynthia J. Faryon, Incredible Tales of the Royal Canadian Air Force, page 26:Al can't take sun shots in the fog to check their location, so David adjusts the propellers to climbing pitch and opens the throttles to maximum boost, easing the control column back.
- A photograph that includes the sun.
1949 December, Ray Atkeson, “Get the Sun In Your Pictures”, in Popular Photography, volume 25, number 6, page 159:When hunting for subject matter for your sun shots, investigate the picture possibilities you previously passed up as being run-of-the-mill scenes.
1981, Petersen's Photographic Magazine - Volume 10, Issues 1-6, page 122:I then salvaged both by sandwiching them with sun shots made with a 400mm lens.
2007, Cinefex - Issues 108-111, page 29:So we had these three different types of sun shots; and each required its own discipline and technique."
