Quick Overview: How to determine your Latitude by knowing the sun's declination. How to find my Position Line by shooting the sun. A step-by-step explanation of the individual tasks. Make your own chart by using a Plotting Sheet!

Celestial Exercise For Part 6 - Detailed Overview & Context

How to determine your Latitude by knowing the sun's declination. How to find my Position Line by shooting the sun. A step-by-step explanation of the individual tasks. Make your own chart by using a Plotting Sheet! When something astronomical happens in Greenwich, like noon, when will it happen at our position? After all, it takes some time ... Use the Reginasailing template to pre-calculate when twilight will be for the coming sights. A walk-through of a complete twilight planning and shooting.

How to determine our position at Twilight. Hands-on demonstration which planets are best suited for twilight shooting.

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Celestial Exercise for Part 6: Time-to-Arc
Mastering Celestial Navigation (Part 1 of 6)
Mastering Celestial Navigation (Part 2 of 6)
Celestial Exercise for Part 7: Taking the Noon Sight
Celestial Exercise for Part 8: First Sight Reduction
Celestial Exercise for Part 9: Plotting a Position
Celestial Theory Part 6: Time
Celestial Exercise for Part 10: Finding Twilight
Mastering Celestial Navigation (Part 3 of 6)
Celestial Navigation, Episode 6: The sextant, taking a sight, correcting the sight
Celestial Exercise for Part 12: Choosing the right Stars
Celestial Exercise for Part 14: A complete Twilight Planning and Shooting
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