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How do sailors use sextants?
Sailors use sextants to measure the angle between a celestial body, such as the sun or a star, and the horizon. By knowing the time of day and comparing this angle with the celestial body's known position in the sky, sailors can determine their latitude and longitude, assisting with navigation at sea.
What instrument could sailors use to determine their location based on the position of the sun in relation to the horizon?
Sailors could use a sextant to measure the angle between the sun and the horizon. By comparing this angle with known tables, they can determine their latitude at sea.
Sailors in the southern hemisphere use what feature in the nightsky to aid in navigation?
Sailors in the southern hemisphere use the Southern Cross constellation to aid in navigation. By identifying this prominent star pattern, they can determine their heading and approximate their position in the night sky.
How do sundails help make people tell time before there were clocks?
The shadow of the sun on sundials changes throughout the day as the sun moves across the sky. This allows one to estimate the time.
Why did sailors and travelers use the constellations to help guide them?
It was the only reliable and "high tech" source of direction.
When was Compases para preguntas ensimismadas created?
Compases para preguntas ensimismadas was created in 1970.
Where were the sundails fisrt made?
Sometime in the B.C.
Where did sundails clockorigin?
There is no such thing as a sundail or a clockorigin.
What handy tool did sailors use to help them navigate?
What points did sailors use to navigate
Why do pirates use spyglasses?
The same what sailors use as telescopes. The words are the same (Within reason). Sailors are not pirates.
How navigators and sailors use magnetic compass in preparing route maps?
how the navigators and sailors use compass to find direction
How do sailors use flags?
they use them to give signals
What did sailors use for tattooing?
fish
What organisms are able to sense earth's magnetic field and why?
Many (but not all) birds, fish,, insects, etc. have the ability to sense earth's magnetic field. They use this ability for navigation purposes, much as we use magnetic compases.
What do sailors use turtles for?
food, mostly.
What type of map sailors and pilots use?
The type of map used by sailors is known as a chart. A pilot would use an aerial map or chart.
Which moon did the sailors use to navigate at night?
Well, on MY planet, there is only one moon. Not sure about your planet. Here the sailors generally do not navigate by the moon- but they do use stars. In the north, sailors use the Pole Star, also called the North Star or Polaris. In the far south, you can't see Polaris, so sailors use other groups of stars, like the Southern Cross.
