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Celestial Navigation

A celestial navigation book unlike any other, including lunar distances. This book is dedicated simply to removing the cloak of mystery; to teach the concepts, some interesting history, the techniques, and computational methods using the simple pocket scientific calculator. And yes, also how to build your own navigational tools.

Why I wrote this book...

Growing up, I had always been fascinated by the thought of navigating by the stars. However, it instinctively seemed to me an art beyond my total understanding. Why, I don't know other than celestial navigation has always had a shroud of mystery surrounding it, no doubt to keep the hands from mutiny. Some time in my 40s, I began to discard my preconceived notions regarding things that required natural talent, and thus I began a journey of discovery. This book is one of the results...

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Here you can download my Celestial Navigation book in pdf format for free.

click here to download the book "The Armchair Celestial Navigator"

click here to download the booklet "Building the Farley Octant"

click here to download the Excel file Celestial Worksheet. It will allow 6 simultaneous observations to be recorded and reduced, but you still need the hourly GHA and declination from the nautical almanac

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Excel spread sheets

Mathcad calculations

Position Reduction program

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