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Re: Online celestial navigation courses
From: Bruce Cutting
Date: 2017 Oct 26, 14:32 -0600
From: Bruce Cutting
Date: 2017 Oct 26, 14:32 -0600
You certainly live in an excellent place for taking sights on a natural horizon. CN is substantially easier than many texts would lead you to believe. The problem is usually tyha basic concepts such as GP and the relationship between altitude and distance fro the GP. The basics of CN can be taught if a few hours - after fertilization with the basic concepts, texts are useful in filling pout the rest of the art. Do you have a sextant? If so, what kind? What test are you suing and what problems are you having. If you wish, you can contact me off net - I can give you my direct e-mail. > Hello! Can anyone recommend a good and reputable online course to learn > celestial navigation? I'm out in Ucluelet British Columbia so travelling > to a class in person isn't really possible, and trying to teach myself has > been less than successful (I need the structure of a course and the > accountability of tests/lessons/assignments). Something that could lead to > some sort of qualification eventually would also be motivating. I've seen > some where you can follow a syllubus yourself, but I'm hoping to find a > course where students can actually log in and have discussions and ask > questions. > Thank you! > Carly > > [plain text auto-generated] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: http://fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > : > http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Online-celestial-navigation-courses-Butler-oct-2017-g40500