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Obviously, that depends on your standard of accuracy. The sextant is accurate enough to allow you to navigate from where you are to where you want to be. It may not be as accurate at GPS, but it is accurate enough for its intended purpose.
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A tool to guide ships by the stars?
Sextant
What tool is used to determine the place of star?
Sextant.
What is the navigational tool to find latitude?
That's the purpose of the sextant.
What made accurate navigation possible?
Sextant and clock or compass
What is a tool for locating places on a map?
sextant, compass, globe, longitude, latitudeThe compass rose on a map.
What replaced the replaced the astrolabe as a tool for measuring a star's angle at which it appears above the northern horizon?
The sextant.
Is the sextant or the satellite more important?
The GPS (global positioning system) satellite is far more accurate and easy to use. As to which is more important, that is a tough question, and depends upon your circumstances. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant
What is a seven letter word starting with one of the letters e t a s or x that is also a measuring tool?
sextant
What can you find out about sextant?
you can find sextant on history.com
What is the sextant used for?
you use a sextant to navigate.
What tool accurate tool for measuring voulme?
It's a graduated cylinder.
How do you draw a sextant?
you draw a sextant by looking at googler in the images.
