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Re: CelNav without sextants
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 3, 01:09 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 3, 01:09 -0500
Frank, On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Frank Reed wrote: > Another related game: are there circumstances under > which you can navigate > celestially without a sextant, without a timepiece, > AND without an almanac (of > any type)? > I think the almanac is the "technological artifact" that is most > difficult to do without... I only see how to find latitude, using Polaris and some home-made angle measuring instrument. But longitude without almanac?? Could you give a hint? Alex.