MARI 105 - Celestial Navigation

7 Credits
This course teaches the most common forms of position fixing by celestial bodies. Teaching is done through lecture, demonstration, and practice. The equipment used for Celestial Navigation is the sextant. Subjects for this course include, but are not limited to, nautical astronomy, sextant and altitude correction, sight reduction and lines of position, meridian transit, time of sunrise/sunset, and star identification and selection.