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  2. Celestial navigation - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a typical nautical sextant, a tool used in celestial navigation to measure the angle between two objects viewed by means of its optical sight. Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the ...

  3. Nautical almanac - Wikipedia

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    Two sample pages of the 2002 Nautical Almanac published by the U.S. Naval Observatory. A nautical almanac is a publication describing the positions of a selection of celestial bodies for the purpose of enabling navigators to use celestial navigation to determine the position of their ship while at sea.

  4. List of stars for navigation - Wikipedia

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    These stars are typically used in two ways by the navigator. The first is to obtain a line of position by use of a sextant observation and the techniques of celestial navigation. [4] Multiple lines of position can be intersected to obtain a position known as a celestial fix.

  5. Marine chronometer - Wikipedia

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    A marine chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship and employed in the determination of the ship's position by celestial navigation.It is used to determine longitude by comparing Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and the time at the current location found from observations of celestial bodies.

  6. Guidance, navigation, and control - Wikipedia

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    Celestial navigation is a position fixing technique that was devised to help sailors cross the featureless oceans without having to rely on dead reckoning to enable them to strike land. Celestial navigation uses angular measurements (sights) between the horizon and a common celestial object. The Sun is most often measured.

  7. Marine navigation - Wikipedia

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    Navigation and location of the ship by geopositioning techniques based on the observation of the stars and other celestial bodies. The variables measured to find the location are: the observed angular height of the stars above the horizon , measured with the sextant (formerly with the astrolabe or other instrument), and the time , measured with ...

  8. Navigation - Wikipedia

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    In traditional marine navigation, one day's work in navigation is a minimal set of tasks consistent with prudent celestial navigation. The definition and processes vary on military and civilian vessels, and from ship to ship, but the traditional method takes a form resembling: [71] Maintain a continuous dead reckoning plot.

  9. Lunar distance (navigation) - Wikipedia

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    In celestial navigation, lunar distance, also called a lunar, is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body. The lunar distances method uses this angle and a nautical almanac to calculate Greenwich time if so desired, or by extension any other time. That calculated time can be used in solving a spherical triangle.