#sextant — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sextant, aggregated by home.social.
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Today I found a #sextant in a #charityshop
All I need now is a boat
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Navigating the high seas means precision is everything! 🌊 So, I created a Python script to filter my sextant readings on my #YachtmasterOcean passage from the Azores to Fernando de Noronha 🧭✨ Say goodbye to outliers and hello to a clean average! Now I can trust my stars (and my code) just a little bit more. Check it out here: https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/sextant-averager #CelestialNavigation #Python #Sextant #OceanPassage #Sailing #Navigation #Yachtmaster
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Brought my #sextant to #FortMcHenry for some #celestialnavigation. Got my latitude within ~3km and longitude with ~18km. The latter would have been better, but I was using my cyclecomputer for a timepiece, and it doesn't report seconds.
I also sighted the Key Bridge while I was out there, got my distance within 1%. Math rules.
