Celestial Navigation (ASA 107)

ASA107 Celestial Navigation Class is the essential course for those planning to certify to the ASA 108 Ocean Passage Making standard. Students will learn: celestial navigation and how to determine position on the earth's surface; calculate time for local apparent noon, sunrise, sunset, and civil/nautical twilight given your position; use of sextant, nautical almanacs, tables, charts, and plotting sheets; procedures for taking sun, moon, planet and star sights; use of noon sights and Polaris sights to determine latitude; use of the 2102-D Star Finder to facilitate identifying stars and planets; reduction of celestial sights to a coherent format and combine with DR position to obtain a fix/running fix. Successful completion of the course and meeting ASA standards will result in ASA 107 Celestial Navigation Certification. More importantly, you will have the knowledge needed to navigate offshore using celestial navigation.