Sextant & celestial navigation in SHIII

[_Seth_]

Could something like this be implemented in SHIII? Are the sun and the stars in SHIII "correct" for doing so?





(Here is the complete link http://www.hangsim.com/vs/help/panel...0and%20sextant

To show the sextant view press Shift + T, this will show the following view:

On the middle of the screen you see the occlusion disk, this is the part where the filter is used to dim the light of the sun and show it to you in the form of a disk, into this part a reflection mirror reflects the sun and shows it lower than it really is in the sky.
The three knobs at the right side are the controls of the sextant, the top is the opacity or strength of this filter, the middle one is the zoom and the lower is the elevation angle.
The process of using a sextant revolves around observing the disk of the sun and measuring the elevation angle between it and the horizon, by using the elevation knob you can bring down the disk of the sun until it intersects with the horizon, and thus you measure the elevation angle between the sun and the horizon.
To make fine adjustments in the elevation angle of the sun, increase the zoom, the higher the magnification will be the more sensitive the elevation knob will become.
A full explanation of how to use the sextant is beyond the scope of this manual, this information is freely available on the web and on various books and tutorials.
This sextant is provided for the purpose of virtual celestial navigation, it was tested and found to have acceptable level of error like the one found in real observations.