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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Celestial Navigation without a sextant.
From: David Smith
Date: 2008 Mar 7, 10:41 -0800
From: David Smith
Date: 2008 Mar 7, 10:41 -0800
Supposing one was in a small boat with an accurate timepiece and the necessary tables, how accurate could you determine your longitude by observing the rising or setting of the sun or any other celestial body? Also, assuming you had a compass and were north or south of the tropics, would it be possible to estimate your latitude by taking a bearing of the setting or rising of a celestial body? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---