Celestial Nav 4+

Modern Celestial Navigation

Skytip LLC

Designed for iPad

    • 4.4 • 7 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

FREE Basic Access*** Advanced marine and land based sight reductions using an offline perpetual almanac. Tool for accurate navigation, education, and training.

Celestial Nav is an easy to use, all-in-one tool which offers:
• Celestial navigational computations for your device
• Simple toolbar menu for quick access
• Internally stored perpetual Almanac
• Offline ready and functional without the need for other external tools
• Quick and easy capture celestial observation data
• High accuracy sight reductions
• Star reference tables


SIGHT PLANNING
• Local Hour Angle (LHA) for Aries
• Star tables sorted by name, magnitude, declination, and SHA
• Sunrise, sunset, twilight, and location reference
• Moon phase reference


SIGHT REDUCTION
• High accuracy sight reduction algorithm
• Perpetual Almanac offering accurate data for years 1600 - 3000
• Almanac data for Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
• Detailed Almanac data for 58 navigational stars
• Assumed Position (AP) for any user defined position
• Line of Position (LOP) intercept data for accurate course and speed adjustments
• Computational variables displayed for accuracy and validation


CELESTIAL FIX
• Computations by USNO algorithm in the Nautical Almanac
• Save all your LOP in an easy reference table




BASIC VERSION
Free daytime celestial navigation tools using the sun:
• Unlimited sextant sight reduction calculations
• Sight reduction to a line of position using the sun
• Perpetual almanac for the sun
• Advanced sight corrections for index error, eye height, temperature, and pressure
• Support for upper and lower limb reference
• Star Table with navigational references
• Detailed Sun references
• Limited Moon references




PRO FEATURES (IN-APP PURCHASE)
Advanced Day & Night Celestial Navigation includes all BASIC features plus:
• Almanac data for 65 navigational bodies for years 1600 through 3000
• Map display for saved LOPs
• View intercepts with course and speed corrections
• Metric and imperial unit support with automatic conversions
• Support for coordinate entries in different formats (H° M’ S” or Decimals)
• Save all your LOP calculations for future reference
• Save user preferences and settings
• Unrestricted moon references
• Almanac and algorithmic models for 65 navigational bodies:
• Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
• 58 navigational stars

Supported stars: Acamar, Achernar, Acrux, Adhara, Aldebaran, Alioth, Alkaid, Alnair, Alnilam, Alphard, Alphecca, Alpheratz, Altair, Ankaa, Antares, Arcturus, Atria, Avior, Bellatrix, Betelgeuse, Canopus, Capella, Deneb, Denebola, Diphda, Dubhe, Elnath, Eltanin, Enif, Fomalhaut, Gacrux, Gienah, Hadar, Hamal, Kaus Australis, Kochab, Markab, Menkar, Menkent, Miaplacidus, Mirfak, Nunki, Peacock, Polaris, Pollux, Procyon, Rasalhague, Regulus, Rigel, Rigil Kent., Sabik, Schedar, Shaula, Sirius, Spica, Suhail, Vega, Zubengenubi




REFERENCES
Sight reductions and celestial calculations use various internationally accepted references for the most accurate results:
• Jean Meeus - Astronomical Algorithms
• US Naval Observatory (USNO) Almanac and Algorithms
• Hipparcos New Astrometric Catalog, Published 2007
• ELP2000-85


SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
Celestial Nav is free to download and the basic features free to use. A paid upgrade to the PRO version provides access to premium features and additional tools.
We may offer trial subscriptions that give limited time access to all PRO features and premium content for the duration of the trial period. Trial subscriptions automatically expire and the app will revert back to the Basic version thereafter. No data is lost but access and use of premium features will no longer be available.

What’s New

Version 3.1.3

Version 3 of Celestial Nav brings a NEW Noon Sight feature to calculate latitude and longitude.
The PRO version has advanced noon sight methods such as plotting a noon curve with multiple sights to determine the most accurate zenith of the sun and improve overall accuracy.

Tooltips and help features continue to be expanded. Various titles and labels display definitions and further guidance when tapped.

New:
- High accuracy display of azimuth to support commercial marine navigation (Gyro Error Check).

Fixes:
- Sun label updates to mark beginning and end of Civil, Nautical, and Astronomical twilight.
- crash fix for code error in 3.1.1

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Av8r Popps ,

Very accurate

The best one out there and so much of it is free! Amazing tool that works perfect for my sight reductions. Highly accurate and spot on with text books and for class room work. I use it for marine navigation and hope to see speed corrections included as well.

Developer Response ,

We appreciate the positive review and thank you for the suggestion. We are working on additional features to release in the upcoming months.

Larsche ,

Not working

I paid for the seven day trial. The app seemed to work on the first day when taking sun and moon shots, but the Hc calculations did not seem to include either pub. 229 or pub. 249 corrections, the LOPs were not drawn and old LOPs could not be deleted. When testing with Arcturus on the second day the Body selector could not be be changed to a star and the app kept crashing. This may have been caused by the Star Info page being empty. Even after rebooting my iPad, I could no longer select any Body. There seems to be no manual whatsoever to be found for this app.

Developer Response ,

We apologize for your experience but have been unable to replicate the issue you describe. Please contact us directly via the About page in the app and we’ll resolve this to highlight all the great features of this tool.

Twoody88 ,

Incredible App

This program does all the complex calculations necessary to determine your position based on your own measurements. Its fun to do the old fashioned way, but is very nice to have a precision calculator like this when you need it. Highly recommend!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re happy to hear you enjoy using this app.

Subscriptions

7 Day Trial License
7 Day Trial License
7 day trial access to PRO features
$0.99
30 Day Trial License
30 Day Trial License
30 day trial access to PRO features
$2.99

App Privacy

The developer, Skytip LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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