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celestial navigation

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celestial navigation [sə′les·chəl nav·ə′gā·shən]
(navigation)


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The former teacher of celestial navigation also believes boaters--especially offshore sailors--have come to rely on electronics too much.
His plan was to use celestial navigation to keep the flight on course until it was within range of Itasca.
It takes a lot of courage," he says, "for a mother and father of three little boys to build a 50-foot sailboat and say, 'We are going to sail halfway around the world by celestial navigation, the same way Columbus did.
 
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