A group of students use their knowledge of the lost art of celestial navigation in a prestigious sailing race...
Archive for category: Celestial Navigation
Draper Inventors Honored for Celestial Navigation
Ken Gebhart, Jr., , Astronomy/Star Finding, Celestial Navigation, 0CAMBRIDGE, MA—Draper has earned an award for its patent of a celestial navigation system called a sliced lens star...
Celestial navigation: Why sailing by following the stars is enjoying a resurgence
Ken Gebhart, Jr., , Celestial Navigation, 1For decades celestial navigation was seen as an increasingly archaic skill, but there is now a resurgence of interest...
A tool that has helped guide sailors across oceans for centuries is now being tested aboard the International Space...
UPDATED January 11, 2021 Ocean Navigator has produced an excellent celestial navigation series over the years. The latest series...
Plotting an Emergency Fix from the Sun
Ken Gebhart, Jr., , Celestial Navigation, General Interest, 1The emergency here is twofold. First you have lost all electronic navigation, and secondly you don’t know how to...
A tragic tale I do confess I put my faith in GPS Then one day screen went black I...
Reproduced below is an article I wrote that accompanied a talk at the winter Wilderness Medicine Society meeting in...
CELESTIAL NAVIGATION IN THE GPS AGE by John Karl Its been a long time since we’ve seen a completely...
Celestial Navigation is seen today in a different light than before GPS became affordable and ubiquitous. Yes, it is...
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