Sight reduction

Celestial navigation. Take the sextant and get your Line of Position.

Sight reduction

App stats

Users: 30,950
11
Rating: 3.50
(124)
Version: 4.11 (Last updated: 2024-07-16)
Creation date: 2014-07-21
Permissions
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

Celestial navigation - Astronavigation

Sight reduction:
- Marcq Saint Hilaire Line of Position, intercept method (p=Ho-Hc, Zn)
- Input for observed altitude Ho or instrumental Hs (Nautical Almanac data needed for the Sun and the Moon)
- Calculator for Intercept method (p=Ho-Hc, Zn) altitude Hc and azimuth Zn
- Running fix
- Plots up to 3 Marcq Saint Hilaire Lines of Position on Google maps
- Local hour angle (LHA)
- List of navigational stars
- Logbook (output is copied to clipboard)
- New optimized user interface
- GNSS fix to check the solution

Sight reduction is the process of deriving from a sight the information needed for establishing a line of position.
This app is a calculator to get the intercept from the assumed position of the observer AP(latitude, longitude), the geographical position of the celestial body observed, GP(Dec, GHA), and its corrected altitude Ho.
Manual and examples in the developer's website.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_reduction

User interface:
- Zoom buttons +/-
- Map types: standard, terrain, and satellite
- GPS location. ("Location" App permission must be allowed. Switch on you GPS, and then automatic location detection is possible)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great references
  • Very helpful for saving time in navigation tasks
  • Ideal for saving time plotting a fix or checking work
  • Works fine now
Cons
  • Lacks instructions and user guidance
  • Issues with data entry interface
  • Can't specify the time for each sight
  • Negative IC (instrument correction) entry is problematic
  • Data disappears when changing orientation
Most mentioned
  • Data entry interface needs improvement
  • App crashes or data loss on orientation change
  • Cannot enter time parameters for sights
  • Negative IC correction is difficult
  • Helpful when used with other Nautical tools
User reviews
Does not appear to have instructions or nautical almanac.
by Martin Leininger, 2022-06-12

Great references
by Sudhir Peethambaran, 2022-02-18

This app is useless for navigation because you can't specify the time at each sight. Would be very handy if there was a time perameter in the LOP box.
by joel buttle, 2022-01-08
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