MASTER-500-L5.3

Star sights, planets and the celestial fix

MASTER-500-M5 · Celestial Navigation · MASTER-500-M5-A The sextant and the sight, sun sights and meridian passage, and star sights and the celestial fix.

At twilight the navigator shoots several bodies against a clear horizon for a rapid multi-body fix, the strongest celestial position. This lesson covers star and planet sights and the celestial fix.