Learn to orient yourself with the help of the sextant without leaving Madrid.
In six sessions of four hours, we will see the fundamentals of astronomical navigation, coordinate systems, height lines and meridians.
Then we will do exercises to observe the stars and calculate heights with a sextant from places with good visibility and with a horizon in the surroundings of the San Juan reservoir. With the data obtained, the typing techniques with various types of stars will be exposed and we will solve with the data taken by us.
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