Celestial Navigation: Fixing by Sun and Stars

The full craft of celestial navigation: sextant principle and error, taking sun and star sights, the noon sight, the nautical almanac and a complete sight reduction to a position line.

Playlist by @inside.deadreckoningworld.e08b

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. Sextant Tutorial: The Principle of the Sextant — Refresh Maritime
  2. Determine Longitude — ScienceOnline
  3. How To Navigate Using the Stars — Atlas Pro
  4. Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Marine Sextant) — Practical Navigator
  5. How to Navigate by the Sun — dcolarusso
  6. Sextant Tutorial: Errors and Corrections — Refresh Maritime
  7. Sextant Tutorial: Taking Sights With A Sextant — Refresh Maritime
  8. How to use a sextant — Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
  9. Celestial Navigation Made Easy - Part 1 of 2 — Tippecanoe Boats
  10. Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Noon Sight for Latitude) — Practical Navigator
  11. Celestial Navigation: Sextant Basics; ASA 107 Skills — Maryland School of Sailing
  12. Celestial Navigation: Celestial Position Fix — Refresh Maritime