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Mastering Celestial Navigation
Part 1: Observing the Celestial Body
1.0 Course Introduction (1:47)
1.1 Types of Navigation and Celestial 5-Step Process (11:51)
1.2 The Marine Sextant (1:44)
1.3 Sextant Cleaning and Tuning (3:23)
1.4 Making Sextant Observations (5:31)
1.5 Index Corrections (3:49)
1.6 The Nautical Almanac (Part 1) - Standard Corrections (2:37)
1.7 Height of Eye Corrections (3:56)
1.8 Altitude Corrections (Normal Conditions) (4:13)
1.9 Altitude Corrections (Abnormal Conditions) (3:43)
1.10 Altitude Corrections for the Moon (4:37)
1.11 Key Skill: From Hs to Ho (0:54)
Part 2: Finding the Celestial Body's Position Above Earth
2.0 Introduction to Geographic Position (5:05)
2.1 The Nautical Almanac (Part 2) - Geographic Position (0:49)
2.2 Determining Declination (3:25)
2.3 Determining Greenwich Hour Angle (3:24)
2.4 Interpolation (3:06)
2.5 Fundamentals of Time Zones (3:57)
2.6 Conversion of Arc to Time (3:25)
2.7 Mathematics of Time And Arc (2:28)
2.8 V and D Corrections (3:22)
2.9 Key Skill: Geographic Position of the Sun at Any Time (4:41)
2.10 Key Skill: Geographic Position of Other Bodies at Any Time (5:17)
2.11 Key Skill: Time of Sunrise/Set/Twilight (8:04)
2.12 Key Skill: Time of Meridian Passage (4:36)
2.13 Key Skill: Latitude by Meridian Passage of the Sun (Noon Sight) (20:44)
Part 3: Building a Celestial Triangle as a Proxy
3.0 Introduction to Spherical Triangles (2:15)
3.1 Geographic Position Revisited (2:48)
3.2 The Elevated Pole (1:08)
3.3 Dead Reckoning and the Assumed Position (2:10)
3.4 Local Hour Angle (4:39)
3.5 Key Skill: Entering Arguments for Solving Spherical Triangles (3:15)
3.6 Astronomy of Aries (4:28)
3.7 Starfinder 2102-D (3:35)
3.8 Key Skill: Latitude by Polaris (4:24)
Part 4: Solving the Celestial Triangle for a Computed Value
4.0 Section Introduction (4:05)
4.1 Sight Reduction Table HO229 (3:09)
4.2 The Air Almanac HO249 (2:53)
4.3 Retrieving Key Data from HO229 (Hc, d, Z) (3:57)
4.4 Azimuth Rules (5:40)
4.5 Altitude Difference (d) Issues (12:59)
4.6 Key Skill: Solving Spherical Triangles (4:02)
4.7 Astronomy of the Stars (4:54)
4.8 Astronomy of the Planets (9:03)
4.9 Astronomy of the Moon (5:00)
4.10 Direct Calculations of the Computed Height and Azimuth (3:40)
Part 5: Comparing the Calculated and Observed Solutions
5.0 Section Introduction (1:50)
5.1 Comparing HC to HO (4:25)
5.2 Azimuth, Revisited (3:50)
5.3 Universal Plotting Sheets (5:35)
5.4 Key Skill: Plotting the Celestial Line of Position (5:48)
5.5 Running Fixes (6:01)
5.6 Key Skill: Plotting the Celestial Running Fix (9:38)
5.7 Key Skill: Plotting the Three Body Fix (7:14)
2.13 Key Skill: Latitude by Meridian Passage of the Sun (Noon Sight)
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