1.
Navigational Astronomy
The book The Stars:A New Way to See Them, by H.A. Rey, explains just everything you need to know about astronomy in order to understand celestial navigation ...
2.
Celestial Navigation Net
Welcome to the Celestial Navigation Net! Celestial Navigation is the art and ... Navigation's history, then take a look at the navigational astronomy page ...
3.
Navigational Instruments
The main instruments mariners need for Celestial Navigation are the chronometer .... PBS has a page on How a Sextant Works as well as Navigation By Sextant. ...
4.
Practice
Remember: Noon (meridian) sun sights and Polaris sights do not require the Tables to solve the Navigational Triangle. See Theory. NOTE: Your sextant must be ...
5.
Celestial Navigation Net
Annotated hub site of resources relating to navigating by the stars, including theory, practice, history, instruments, and classroom links.
6.
Reader Tips
The German Amazon -- www.amazon.de (in German) -- sells the cardboard sextant online. Might be of interest to European readers, perhaps. ...
7.
Practice
Entering the Tables for sight reduction with the a) Local Hour Angle, ... (The sight reduction tables for Air Navigation - HO 249 and the Marine Navigation ...
8.
Navigational Instruments
Navigational Instruments. ... The main instruments mariners need for Celestial Navigation are the chronometer and some way of measuring the altitude of ...
9.
Practice
Practical Celestial Navigation by Susan P. Howell. Mystic Seaport also has this. It is actually a course, and everything you need (copies of necessary ...
10.
Navigational Instruments
The Arabs used a more refined tool called the kamal, a rectangle of wood cut to fit the ... Like the quadrant, it had to be held vertical so that the zenith ...
