celestial navigation courses that are free

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celestial navigation

below i have listed three sources to learn celestial navigation.
these courses are free. the first is by a young man who is really good at teaching celestial navigation.
he has about 12 videos on u-tube, the link to his video's are below.



the second link is a free celestial navigation course put out by Vanderbilt University,

they ask for a user name, but thats only to track your progress, there is no cost, and another outstanding course
to learn, its link is below, and the name of its creator.

https://my.vanderbilt.edu/astronav/


Content created by:
Dr. David D. Caudel
Physicist, Vanderbilt University



the last link below is a celestrial navigation course, put out by the united states navy, and is a free course as well, you do have to
make an account with user name and password, but again, its free, its link is below and a paragraph with a description of topics covered.



https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_...2#.WUk0uMaQyUk


This lesson teaches with video's and animation, just perfect if you are a visual person, its starts off with u.s. navy captain brian connon from the u.s. naval observatory,
describing the course, and from there it goes right into lesson 1
It begins with the relationship between celestial coordinates and Earth coordinates and examines key celestial navigation parameters—geographic
position, sextant altitude, observed altitude, azimuth, and computed altitude—that can be used to identify to a ship's position. A U.S. Navy
navigator demonstrates the main celestial sights performed over the course of a day, including the morning three-star fix, morning Sun line,
Local Apparent Noon Sun line, afternoon Sun line, and evening three-star fix, and demonstrates how the sight reduction culminates in a marked
intercept and line of position on a navigation plot. The concepts of fix, running fix, estimated position, dead reckoning, and assumed position
are also discussed. Although no formal background is needed for this lesson,
some familiarity with the basics of navigation and the Universal Plotting Sheet will be useful to the learner.


Skill Level:
Completion Time: 2.00 - 3.00 h
Includes Audio: yes
Required Plugins: none

some screenshots of the course is below






it also has tests of topics covered, below is one for Latitude and Longitude




in my opinion, these links should be pinned, as you wont find better resources to learn CN anywhere, and it should be a ready reference resource for any subsim member to learn
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