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Re: Learning celestial navigation
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Mar 16, 17:22 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Mar 16, 17:22 -0700
Tom,
Attached is a PDF from Davis to get you started. Begin with the local apparent noon (LAN) observation of the Sun to determine latitude. Become familiar with the concept of latitude sailing to a destination. Follow this with longitude determination by equal altitudes of the Sun. I would pick up a Davis Mk 15 sextant next then move to a metal sextant if you catch the celestial navigation bug.
Greg Rudzinski
