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Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
For anyone interested, I taught myself the basics of celestial navigation a few years back after being interested in it for years. Something just feels right and maybe a bit primal about knowing where you are relative to the heavens.
I used the book http://smile.amazon.com/Celestial-Navigation-GPS-John-Karl/d... and really enjoyed it. Fun to do with kids too.
Edit: And the http://smile.amazon.com/Davis-Mark-3-Marine-Sextant/dp/B0014... makes a fine sextant to start with.