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Frank, the reason I consider celestial an art is it requires judgement. Making 
art and making a landfall require both high skill with the tools of the trade 
and judgement to produce their results - expression in art, safe passage in 
celestial navigation.

Hewitt


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On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:07 AM, "Frank Reed"  wrote:

> This is a recurring topic for NavList: is celestial navigation an "art"? 
Hewitt has described it as an art in a few recent messages. If so, what does 
that mean? Painting landscapes is an art --even if you're bad at it, it is an 
ATTEMPT to create art as opposed to drawing mere representational surveys. 
How about painting houses? Is that an art --ever? Obviously celestial 
navigation has its origins in and is founded upon scientific and mathematical 
principles, so its foundations are generally considered the opposite of art. 
That doesn't preclude some sort of "art" in the practice. Or is this just 
semantics? Is a navigator an artist or an artisan or just a craftsman?
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