YM-OCEAN-L1.2

Sun sights and the noon latitude

YM-OCEAN-M1 · Astro-navigation · YM-OCEAN-M1-A Sextant work, the sun and stars, meridian passage and compass checks for the ocean navigator.

The sun is the ocean navigator's workhorse, worked through the day for position and to check the compass. This lesson covers the practical sun-run-sun day and the meridian-passage latitude that anchors it.