MT-OOW3000Y-L4.5

Meridian passage and Polaris

MT-OOW3000Y-M4 · Passage Planning and Celestial Navigation · MT-OOW3000Y-M4-A Appraisal to execution, tides and streams, sailings and wheel-over, then the sextant, the almanac and the celestial fix.

Latitude by meridian altitude is the simplest celestial fix and the one examiners expect you to get right **every time**. Polaris gives latitude at twilight in the northern hemisphere.

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