A. History of Celestial Navigation theory
B. The Celestial Sphere

1. the Terrestrial Sphere
2. Great Circles
3. Prime Meridian
a. longitude
b. the equator
c. latitude

C. Arc distance: the Nautical Mile

1. Parallels of Latitude
2. Celestial North and South Pole
3. the Prime Celestial Meridians
4. Declination
5. Zenith, Geographic Position
6. Hour Angles, GHA, LHA, SHA, the Nautical Almanac
7. the Prime Hour Circle (first point of Aries), GHA Aries, SHA

II. THE HORIZON SYSTEM

A. the Celestial Horizon
B. Vertical Circles
C. Altitude, Declination, Ho, Hs

1. co-altitude (Zenith distance)
2. circle of equal altitude
3. the Circle of Position

D. Summary of Horizon System
E. the Air Almanac

III. THE INTERCEPT METHOD

A. Linear distance: the Line of Position
B. GHA and Declination in the Air Almanac
C. Celestial Line of Position

1. Ho, Hs and Assumed Position
2. Actual Line of Position -vs- Assumed Line of Position 3. Solving the Celestial Triangle

a. Local Hour Angle (LHA) of the celestial body
b. using HO 249 Sight Reduction tables
c. using the Plotting Sheet 4. A Positive Fix

IV: SOLUTION and PRACTICAL APPLICATION

A. Using the Sextant, Timepiece and HO 249

1. computation
2. observation
3. plotting

B. Filling out the Sight Form
C. Using the Nautical Almanac, Air Almanac and Sighting
D. Practical Example carried all the way through

V. DOCUMENTARY: "Pathfinders From the Stars" A fascinating, colorful project that traces man’s progress in methods of accurate position determination on land, sea and in the air, from the ancient Polynesian stickchart to the development of the compass, sextant, geodometer and satellite triangulation system.