Celestial Course Materials

Printable Starpath work forms, with instructions	Printable universal plotting sheets	Sight Reduction tables to download Pub 249, Vol 2 and 3 Pub 249 Vol 1 (from Celestaire, publisher of the printed version) Pub 229, all volumes NAO Tables (also available in any printed Nautical Almanac and in Kolbe's Long Term Almanac)	Star Chart	Navigation Calculators	Table Selections	Bowditch on Cel Nav

 

• Errata to second edition (first printing)    errata to latest printing

• Free Nautial Almancs to download.
It is the users responsibilty to check these before departure. You can use www.starpath.com/usno to get to a place with accurate values.

– Almanacs from SV Inua (full copies of current, past, or future years)
– thenauticalalmanac.com (this might be the same data, but with convenient links to related tables, plus a spread sheet for sight reducution... none checked by us.)
– Tecepe offers way to make your own specific pages, 3 days at a time.
– www.fer3.com offers accurate data for all bodies one day at a time (need corrections and star dec, sha from other sources)

• Excellent way to check intermediate steps from any sight reduction method: Celestial Tools by Stan Klein  (plus other useful cel nav resources)

• Time signal information from Pub 117   see also this note from USNO on UT

• Celestial Navigator's Dream Machine from USNO (our shortcut link: www.starpath.com/usno) includes online Almanac data for specific time and place

• USNO Supplement to the Almanac (much interesting information)

• Read About the Starpath Online Celestial Course

• Contact the author

• Index to ION compilation of articles on cel nav

• Navigation Foundation Newsletter articles on Navigation

 

Books on celestial navigation from Starpath  (also available as ebooks)