This class is an introduction to Celestial Navigation. Learn the basics of a sextant and how to find your position at sea using Local Apparent Noon and Polaris. This class is also the first half of the ASA107 Celestial Navigation class. Includes everything required to earn ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement.
Receipt of the course materials is easy. Once you sign up, you will immediately receive an email with links to the following documents, all in PDF format. All you have to do is click the links in the email, and the documents below will automatically be added to your downloads folder. You can then visit the downloads folder and open the files and save them where ever you want to save them.
- Digital “Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation” Textbook. Part 1 (155 pages).
- ASA117 Test
- ASA117 Test Data
- Universal Plotting Sheet
- Work Forms for Polaris and Local Apparent Noon
- E-mail or telephone support, if needed, is available free of charge.
- ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement Certification.
Students submit the completed test whenever they are ready. There is no deadline for submission of the tests for grading.
Prerequisite: ASA105 Coastal Navigation.
Optional Printed Copy:
- If you want a printed workbook, you can print one yourself and save money, or purchase a Printed “Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation” Part 1 (155 pages) workbook, printed on 28-pound bright white paper with 65-pound cardstock cover pages and bound by comb binding spines. Free shipping for Hard Copy Textbook in the Continental US via the US Postal Service.
