Shamans, Shadows, Sextants and Ships: Introduction to Celestial Navigation webinar
by American Sailing Association 16 Aug 2021 14:01 UTC
16 September 2021
Online Class: Intro to Celestial Navigation © American Sailing Association
Have you ever been anchored at night and found yourself looking up at the sky thinking "How did the early sailors use the stars to travel the whole world?"
This introductory course from the American Sailing Association is designed to be an enjoyable and interesting exploration that will reveal your truly innate understanding of navigation. You will see how ancient people used the sun and stars and how insights and simple techniques have evolved through history.
This course provides the concepts and structure upon which you will eagerly anticipate your future navigation classes, even if they aren't celestial.
Topics
- Three basics of navigation: location, direction, and distance
- Viking Sunstones
- Babylonian Astronomy and Arithmetic
- How a sextant works
- What does latitude have to do with nautical miles?
- How 17th century navigators traveled the world using only latitude
- Why is longitude measured in time (hours, min, etc)?
Thursday, September 16th, 4:30 PDT / 7:30 EDT
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