Celestial navigation

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Apologies for the delay between posts, I have had my boat in the haul out yard over the weekend and that has occupied all my study time! So to summarize where are are at so far in regards to our ce…

I have a bit of a soft spot for classic navigational instruments. In an age where more people interact with maps than ever before and yet spend much less time plotting their own course, being able …

We’re revisiting this series on navigating by the sun, moon, stars and planets in the age of GPS because celestial nav is not only a viable backup to satellite navigation, but it is also a skill that ocean voyagers should have in their toolkit.

The Ecliptic. Because of the orbital motion of the Earth, the Sun appears to us to move around the celestial sphere taking one year to complete a revolution. This apparent movement of the Sun is c…

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Editor’s note: In this installment of our celestial navigation series, we take a look at the arcane but still intriguing subject of lunar distance sights for finding time and longitude. In this series, we’ve started from the most basic concepts and worked our way through every type of sight in celestial navigation: sun sights, star

There are quite a few bits and bobs required for Celestial Navigation. So in today’s post we are going to take a look at what we need:

Disney’s Moana has a remarkably accurate depiction of how Polynesian peoples navigate by the stars, and draws attention to the richness of Indigenous astronomy.