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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: John Pazereskis
Date: 2022 Jul 21, 22:07 -0700
Hello Everybody, I know nothing (literaly nothing) about calculator usage in celestial navigation. I find the idea semi-interesting and would like to give it a tiny try. I remembered that I have a TI-59 that I bought new in the late 70s (I think). I also have the Marine Navigation module/program and all the back up literature...most of which seems blindingly foggy to me a first sight (no pun intended). In order to use the TI-59, I'd have to buy a battery...not expensive, but not cheap. So I ahope some of you may have had experience with the TI-59. Did it woork well? Was it reasonably easy for someone who knows paper sight reduction to use in spite of instructions like: press KK/xyz/ to get the answer?
I see that the module does not incllude an almanac, but I don't think that would be a problem for me. And I see that the program can produce two sight fixes...Do later, more advanced programs (on other calculators) produce fixes from three or more sights?
Again, I just like to benefit from others' experiences.
Best regards,
John P