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Celestial Navigation II: Spending the Day with the Sun

Course Overview

Once you've mastered the noon sight, it is time to spend a day with the sun, taking sextant sights throughout the day and advancing your position on the chart. This course will take students beyond the noon sight and teach them how to find a position by taking sextant sights at different times during the day. Students will delve further into the Nautical Almanac and will be introduced to the Sight Reduction Tables. Participants should either have taken Celestial Navigation I or be comfortable with taking and working out a noon sight for latitude and longitude.

Dates

Sat, Oct 7th, 2017  –  Sun, Oct 8th, 2017

Course Details

Length: 2 Days
Skill Levels: Intermediate to Advanced
Hours: 9am-4pm
Intergenerational age: na
Tuition: $170.00

Required

You will need the following tools for this class:

Sextant
2017 Nautical Almanac
pencil
scratch paper

Optional Tools

Volume 4, Pub. No. 229 of the Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation

More Information

Once registered, students will receive a confirmation email with further class information. Please call us if you haven't received it within 24 hours.

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North House Folk School photo of instructor, Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon
Two Harbors, MN

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Celestial Navigation 2 : Spending the Day with the Sun