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Chiamavi 'l cielo
e'ntorno vi si gira,
mostrandovi le sue bellezze etterne*
Welcome to the
Celestial Navigation Net! Celestial Navigation is the art and science of
finding your way by the sun, moon, stars, and planets, and, in one form
or another, is one of the oldest practices in human history. This
webpage is an attempt to bring together all of the best Celestial Navigation
resources on the internet, with pointers to other resources as
well. Find out why
we should study Celestial navigation in the age of GPS; get an
introduction to Celestial Navigation's history,
then take a look at the navigational astronomy
page as a background for the theory and practice;
teachers, discover how celestial
navigation can enliven the classroom,
whether your field is earth science, astronomy, math, history, or literature, with special links about Vikings; learn about navigational
instruments, including sextants, astrolabes, nocturnals, and
planispheres; learn about nonwestern, noninstrument Polynesian
starpaths and Wayfinding; read quotations about
navigation; check out some schools; or just go directly to the list of resources
which lists the sources from the other pages. Other links of interest
are here.
*The
heavens call to you and circle about you, displaying to you their
eternal splendors...." Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XIV
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