2009 MESSAGE FROM WEBMISTRESS and new "Celestial Navigation in a Teacup" book and software

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A Poem in Defense of Lunars

 

FROM STARPATH! 

Institute of Navigation Articles  1946-2002!


Chiamavi 'l cielo e'ntorno vi si gira,
mostrandovi le sue bellezze etterne*


Welcome to the Celestial Navigation Net! Celestial Navigation is the art and science of finding your way by the sun, moon, stars, and planets, and, in one form or another, is one of the oldest practices in human history. This webpage is an attempt to bring together all of the best Celestial Navigation resources on the internet, with pointers to other resources as well.  Find out why we should study Celestial navigation in the age of GPS; get an introduction to Celestial Navigation's history, then take a look at the navigational astronomy page as a background for the  theory and practice; teachers, discover how celestial navigation can enliven the classroom, whether your field is earth science, astronomy, math, history, or literature, with special links about Vikings; learn about navigational instruments, including sextants, astrolabes, nocturnals, and planispheres;  learn about nonwestern, noninstrument Polynesian starpaths and Wayfinding; read quotations about navigation; check out some schools; or just go directly to the list of  resources which lists the sources from the other pages. Other links of interest are here.

*The heavens call to you and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors...." Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XIV

 
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