This video is part 2 of the "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation" video series.

Part 2 of "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation," (The Noon Sight) describes the process of finding latitude at noon from the sun, and introduces the concepts of geographic position, zenith distance, and declination. It also briefly introduces the Nautical Almanac, and features three example problems.

Here are some additional resources pertaining to this lesson:

1. Wikipedia "Geographic Position" - [ Ссылка ]

2. Wikipedia "Zenith" - [ Ссылка ]

3. Wikipedia "Equinox" - [ Ссылка ]

4. Wikipedia "Declination" - [ Ссылка ]

5. Wikipedia "Lahaina Noon" - [ Ссылка ]

6. Local Apparent Noon - [ Ссылка ]

7. The Bridge Refresher Guidebook (with a lesson on local apparent noon) - [ Ссылка ]


Navigation Materials
All example problems in this course use the 1981 Training Nautical Almanac and HO229 (there are three example problems in this lesson).

1. The 1981 Nautical Almanac

Hardcopy 1981 Training Nautical Almanac - [ Ссылка ]

Note you can also download for free or minimal price online by searching google, for example [ Ссылка ]. You can download it from lapware.com if you pay the monthly fee for access. Sidenote - lapware is an amazing training tool!

2. HO229 - Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation

Free download - [ Ссылка ]


3. Other materials of use

Free download of Bowditch (The American Practical Navigator) - [ Ссылка ]

USCG licensing website. This contains all the possible questions on USCG exams - [ Ссылка ]

The book I used to learn celestial navigation myself, and I think one of the best celestial navigation books out there, is "Common Sense Celestial Navigation" by Hewitt Schlereth - [ Ссылка ]



Produced and presented by Christopher D. Nolan, USCG cutterman (8 years) and US merchant mariner (500 ton Oceans). Currently on sabbatical aboard S/V Navigator.

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