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Bookmark or Share- 3 Ways to Use a Sextant - wikiHowA sextant is an old navigational tool that measures elevation using angular distances. You can use a sextant to determine the altitude in the sky of the sun, moon, or other celestial bodies relative to the horizon.
- Sextant | Navigation, Celestial Measurement & Astronomysextant, instrument for determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, used in celestial navigation to determine latitude and longitude.
- How Sextants Work: An Illustrated Guide - Casual NavigationA sextant is a navigational instrument that measures the angle between two objects. It uses a pair of mirrors to overlay one object over the other. The angle between the objects is proportional to the angle between the mirrors, so you can read it directly from the arc of the sextant.
- Sextant - WikipediaA sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation.
- A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Sextant - Marine InsightA sextant is a marine navigation instrument used to measure the angle between two objects. Learn everything about Sextants in this article.
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