Learning the Basics of the Sextant

As the title says, we have a look at the basics of how a sextant works and is used for celestial navigation by mariners, aviators and on land. You can learn the principles of the sextant and find your location (roughly) simply by measuring the shadow of a stick and calculating the zenith angle of that shadow. You then use the same nautical almanac and mathematics to find your position as you would with a sextant... We will have a series of videos going through the process step by step. Try it. Bob's Websites Check them OUT: Bob the Science Guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/drbob420 ResearchFlatMoon (the production channel): https://www.youtube.com/c/ResearchFlatMoon Slide Rules and Mathematics (STEM Education): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXa89aIdG222z8ADB0e7GA Common Sense Science (Archive and Livestreams): https://www.youtube.com/c/CommonSenseScience Please consider becoming a Patreon of the Channel- All money donated through paypal or from the patreons goes directly into improvements in the channel (computers, cameras, lights etc) or to create educational videos (sextants, telescope equipment, etc). https://www.patreon.com/bobthescienceguy Bob


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