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Winter Training: Basic Celestial Navigation

  • 14 Mar 2020
  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • American Legion Post 176 - Upstairs Meeting Room
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Winter Training Series: Basic Celestial Navigation

You will learn to apply basic celestial navigation theory and practice to determine latitude and longitude at sea using a sextant.

Course will include:

  • Introduction to the required tables in H229 and the Nautical Almanac.
  • Using the Sextant (bring your own if you have one)
  • Shooting the sun (we will use an artificial horizon weather permitting)
  • Using the nautical almanac and other resources, including Apps, calculate a line of position at different times and calculate or running fix.

*Required to have working knowledge of dead reckoning navigation, i.e., chart reading and plotting. 

Instructor: Dr. Philippe D

Location:

American Legion Post 176 - Upstairs Room

6520 Amhurst Ave

Springfield, VA 22150


Members may use one (1) FVSM for this class. Please check the FVSM spreadsheet to make sure you have FVSM(s) available before choosing either of these pricing options.

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