Celestial Navigation
by Burch, David
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More
than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these
materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This
book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the
sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of
safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is
required. The only math involved is arithmetic (adding and subtracting
angles and times). This is a practical, how-to-do-it book, which also
includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it well. Plus
this book includes other crucial factors of ocean navigation besides just
finding out where you are from the stars, such as logbook procedures, dead
reckoning, error analysis, route planning, and more. At the end of this
book, you will be ready for ocean navigation. The book includes: text,
practice problems, tables selections, detailed glossary, and full
solutions. Printable work forms, plotting sheets, and other resources are
available at no charge from www.starpath.com/celnavbook. Preface to the
Second Edition. We are pleased to say that after ten more years of using
this text we do not find reason to change the basic approach and methods of
the teaching. We still use most of the same examples, which are now quite
old, but that is the beauty of celestial navigation. It has not changed, so
we do not benefit in any way from making all new examples, which would
bring with them more chance of error in a book of many numbers. We have,
however, notably improved and expanded the book. Each section has been
updated and reformatted for a clearer presentation, often in response to
student questions over the years. New graphics have been added and older
ones all updated. There is much new content in the text, especially in the
In-Depth chapter, including more detailed discussion of the sailings and
more background on the principles. New sections were added on general ocean
navigation and optimizing the fixes. We have also updated the electronic
navigation section, as most ocean navigators will also be using other tools
besides celestial.
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