This course will teach you how to determine your latitude and longitude using a sextant, a digital watch and the sun.

The student is introduced the to the basics of celestial navigation.  

The class consists of three 2-hour evening classroom sessions.

Class 1 teaches terms and concepts, calculate time of meridian passing to determine Latitude with the noon day sight.

Class 2 goes into how to use a sextant to determine your distance (zenith distance) from the Sun’s Geographic Position on the earth, making corrections to your reading to get to the Sun’s Altitude Observed.

Class 3 dives into circular lines of position, the mysteries of the almanac, how to plot your DR position with your calculated observatrions.

Advanced Nav skills are not required.

‍The NauticEd Celestial Navigation online course complements this class.

Classroom sessions are held at:

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
271 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
(Enter from the parking lot at the rear of the building)

Select “Purchase or Request a seat” below to sign up for the Celestial Nav Class, and select an available date or request a seat in a future class. Make sure to go to your shopping cart and check out to complete the request.

The class is $100. The instructor will contact you to confirm.