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A navigator is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times. Responsibilities
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U.S. Navy personnel practice using a sextant as part of a celestial navigation training, 2018
Navigators cockpit 1928
This page from a Sailing Directions assists the navigator by providing pictures and descriptions of a harbor approach.
Celestial navigation
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Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current phy
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…orders of magnitude, so the entire field has experienced a revolutionary transition since the 1990s with traditional navigation tasks, like performing celestial navigation, being used less frequently. Using multiple independent position fix methods without solely relying on electronic systems subject to failure helps the…
Ships Marine Chronometer giving an accuracy of less than ±5 seconds per year, French Navy issued, 1980
Two ship's officers "shoot" a morning sight with sextants, the Sun altitude (1963).