Celestial Nav 5 – The fifth installment of The Nav Station’s Celestial Navigation series discusses the contents of the Nautical Almanac, and how to use its daily pages to find the Greenwich Hour Angle and Declination of the Sun, the first steps in any sight reduction.
February 2022
Lydia Mullan is the managing editor at SAIL magazine and editor of Multihull Power and Sail. In her seven years with SAIL, she has published over 350 articles, including marine journalism’s best adventure essay in both 2023 and 2024 as recognized by Boating Writers International. She was also the media manager for Cole Brauer's historic 2023/24 circumnavigation.
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