This page lists all the resources that are discussed on the
other pages of the Celestial Navigation Net website.
SCHOOLS
The
School of Ocean Sailing - onboard
in Maine
Starpath School of Navigation
-
correspondence and onsite in Seattle.
ALSO NEW ONLINE COURSE
Mystic Seaport Planetarium Courses -
onsite in Connecticut
Sail
the Sounds - onsite in Connecticut
PRODUCTS
Starpath
Celestaire
Landfall Navigation
Land and Sea
Collection
-
including antiques
NAVIGATIONAL HISTORY AND INSTRUMENTS (See
also Classroom Links)
John Harrison and the
Longitude Problem
Medieval
Scientific Instruments (kamal,
cross-staff,
and quadrant)
Hands-On
Astrolabe Page
Chaucer's
Treatise on the Astrolabe
www.astrolabes.org
Seaman's
Secrets - 1595
History
of the Sextant
Scientific
Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Longitude
at Sea, from the Galileo Project
How
A Sextant Works
Navigation
by Sextant
WAYFINDING
Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific
Polynesian Voyaging
Society
Wayfinding,
or Noninstrument Navigation
from the PVS
Navigation
in the Information Age: History and Context from Hawaii Nation.
Aboriginal
(Native American) Astronomy
Videos
CLASSROOM LINKS
Math
and Science
Navigational
Trigonometry
Astronomy
Online Polaris project
Eyes
on the Sky, Feet on the Ground -
From the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory - Children's Astronomy Activities.
See their Chapter
on
Coordinate Systems and Celestial Mapping (SCROLL DOWN!)
Heavenly
Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy
Astronomy
without a Telescope
Navigating
Around the World by Observing the Sun
Nova's
Shockwave Game on Finding Your Latitude
Projects
Finding
Latitude by Polaris (historical)
History (See also
Navigational Instruments and History, above)
Pre-1400
navigation
Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus Navigation Page,
with a Celestial
Navigation page.
Discovers' Web
The
Age of Exploration
from the Mariner's Museum
Determination
of Latitude by Sir Francis Drake - a page by Bob Graham.
Teacher's
Guide to Teaching Longitude
Secrets
of Ancient Navigation
Latitude: The
Art and Science of 15th and 16th Century Navigation
American History
The Bowditch
Initiative Website
Short
Biography of Nathaniel Bowditch
The
Underground Railroad:
Connections
to Freedom and Science
- slaves used celestial navigation to find their way north.
Institute
of Navigation's Spring 2000 Newsletter -scroll 1/2 down to Portney's Corner
for Lewis and Clark celestial navigation article.
www.lewis-clark.org.
- Articles on Formal
Navigation by Lewis and Clark, Course,
Time and Distance, and Latitude
and Longitude
David
Thompson and Land Navigation (also Western Canada)
The Vikings
Viking
Navigation
The
Legend of the Viking Sunstone
Viking Sun
Compass
TUTORIALS AND
SUMMARIES
Al
Placette's Tutorial
Dutch
Dresser's online tutorial
Umland's Short Guide to Celestial Navigation
Omar
Reis's Introduction to Celestial Navigation
Douglas
S. J. De Coutos summary
Celestial
Navigation Basics from John Jacq
ONLINE DATA: Almanac Information, Lat-Lon Finders, etc.
Bowditch's American Practical Navigator Online
Almanac and Sight reduction Information from the
US Navy
Find your latitude and
longitude
Publications 229 and 249
(click on "publications" in the left menu; on the next page, select
the sight reduction tables from the drop-down menu)
Universal Time from the US Navy
Omar Reis's Online Nautical Almanac
Civil
and Nautical Twilight, Sun and Moon Rise and Set
INSTITUTES AND FOUNDATIONS
The
Foundation for the Promotion of the Art of Navigation
Royal
Institute of Navigation
Institute
of Navigation
Nautical Almanac Office
MISCELLANEOUS SITES
US Sailing's Requirements for Celestial Navigation Certification-
the governing body for the sport of
sailing in the US.
The
U.S. Navy's Celestial Navigation Page
Ocean
Navigator Magazine
The Navigation
List -
archives
Interactive Sextant
Everything
you wanted to know about Marvin Creamer but were afraid to ask!
SOFTWARE AND JAVA PROGRAMS
H.
Umland's Freeware Page
Palm Pilot
Celnav Program
Java
Script Programs for Navigators by Jacky Wong
Omar Reis's Navigation Star Finder
Omar Reis's Navigator Light Computer Program
Walter
Fendt's Apparent
Position of a Star
Walter
Fendt's Coordinate Graphic
Java Page
The Electric Astrolabe
Pocket
Stars PC (PDA)
ASNAV
Interactive
Spreadsheets for Celestial Navigation
BOOKS
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