Celestial Navigation 16
April 21, 2022
In episode 16 of the Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, practice putting it all together. Featuring what a celestial day at sea looks like, a
In episode 16 of the Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, practice putting it all together. Featuring what a celestial day at sea looks like, a
In the 15th episode of the Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, learn how to find your latitude using Polaris, including taking the star sight, the
In Episode 14 of the Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, learn how to take the moon sight and new ways to correct it, as well
Episode 13 in the Celestial Navigation discusses three methods to pre-calculate the positions of the stars and planets, as well as some best practices for
In episode 12 of the Celestial Navigation series, learn how to calculate planet sights, with two additional corrections to the sight reduction process. Read more…
In episode 11 of the Celestial Navigation series, learn how to pre-calculate the time of nautical and civil twilight, as well as correcting a star
. Episode 10 of The Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series discusses the theory of the noon sight, how to take the sight, calculate your latitude,
In Episode 9 of the Celestial Navigation series from the The Nav Station, put everything together as instructor Andy Howe covers a full problem from
Episode eight of The Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series talks about how to set up a universal plotting sheet, as well as how to plot
In episode seven of The Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series, learn how to use the sight reduction tables in order to find calculated altitude and
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