VIDEOS: Celestial Navigation Sight Planning with StarPilot
Running Fix
Demonstration of celestial navigation using StarPilot for Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. Sight reduction of 6 celestial bodies is performed followed by the computation of a running fix to determine position at sea. The video illustrates the use of the StarPilot software in typical sextant and celestial navigation scenarios. Running fixes are computed both electronically and by plotting LOPs (lines of position) on a chart.
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Celestial Navigation - Running Fix with StarPilot. Video 1 of 2
Learn to compute celestial multi body site reductions and running fix. Use the StarPilot Celestial Navigation program to solve a problem from How to Navigate Today - 100 Problems in Celestial Navigation by Leonard Gray. This video focuses on settings, sight reduction and celestial fix. Learn to set DR parameters, select stars, enter watch time, and compute site reductions.
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Celestial Navigation - Running Fix with StarPilot. Video 2 of 2
How to identify running fix errors, delete sites and compute intercepts. How to use planets and moon instead of stars for celestial navigation. Complete 6 sites in a few minutes with few clicks. Use settings values to save time. Compute running fix both computationally and by plotting LOPs. Review 6 body running fix storage under celestial fix and site archive. Learn how to restore saved sights and review them.