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Celestial Navigator vs Perpetual Nautical Almanac Usage & Stats
Celestial navigation application with
- perpetual almanac
- star finder chart, with animation
- calculation of lines of position ( intercept/delta )
- celestial object data
- meridian passage calculation
- running fix support
- astronomical position calculations, with two or more star observations
- Hipparchus 150 star catalog
Program can be set to use device's sensors (gyro, compass)
to position the star finder chart in real time.
Capture celestial object approximate altitude.
Note that you still need a marine sextant to do celestial navigation,
but the phone sensors may be used for training.
Software for iPhone and iPad, with the same features.
e-book with manual and celestial navigation tutorial.
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- Free
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Using the U.S. Naval Observatory NOVAS library and solar system ephemerides from JPL, high precision positions can be calculated in real-time from 1900 to 2050.
Simply select date and time and all values are recalculated instantly. The estimated elevation value is only needed for calculating sunrise/sunset, twilight, and moonrise/moonset.
The app provides the following functionalities:
*Aries: GHA position
*Sun:
-GHA/dec
- Astronomical dawn, nautical dawn, civil dawn, sunrise, sunset, civil dusk, nautical dusk, astronomical dusk, and meridian passage at Greenwich.
- Semidiameter
- Sunlight world map with the Sun and the Moon position.
*Moon:
- GHA/dec
- Moonrise/moonset and meridian passage at Greenwich.
- Semidiameter
- Moon phase and age of the Moon.
*Planets:
- GHA/dec for Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
*Stars:
- Magnitude, SHA/dec of 99 stars ordered by SHA.
*Corrections:
- Correction for the atmospheric refraction.
- Correction for the dip of the horizon.
- Parallax correction for the Moon, the Sun, Venus, and Mars.
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- Paid
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Celestial Navigator VS.
Perpetual Nautical Almanac
December 14, 2024