EZ Celestial Navigation
EZ Celestial Navigation Summary
EZ Celestial Navigation is a mobile iOS app in Maps And Navigation by EZ Celestial LLC. Released in Mar 2021 (5 years ago). It has 21 ratings with a 4.95★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 99 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Jan 14, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Jan 14, 2025 .
4.95★
Ratings: 21
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App Description
Celestial navigation has never been easier! With ezAlmanacOne and a sextant you will be finding your fix like a pro in no time!
ezAlmanacOne is an evolution of the iPad version of ezAlmanac with the modern user interface used in the Windows 10 version of ezAlmanac. All of the features of ezAlmanac plus new features including:
- Universal app runs on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and the new MacBook with M1 processor.
- Supports all device orientations. All screens support zoom and pan.
- Make bearing observations to perform compass checks.
- Archive saved observations and restore observation data from an archive.
- Includes quick start guide, usage examples, and other documentation to learn celestial navigation.
- Print/Output Nautical Almanac pages, observation reports, and other app documentation.
ezAlmanacOne will help you perform celestial navigation exactly as it has been done for hundreds of years. It produces all Nautical Almanac (1960-2059) and Pub. 229 tables exactly as you are used to seeing them in the printed form. All tables can be accessed directly for manual usage if you choose to do so. Since they are produced by the software they support zooming and panning, and you can highlight in the tables to easily find the correct value to use.
Most users, however, will prefer to let ezAlmanacOne do all of the work. Simply enter the basic sight parameters, make and enter your observations, and ezAlmanacOne will do the rest. It performs all of the steps to correct your observation, find GP of the object, do the sight reduction, and plot the LOP. No steps are skipped and all details are shown. Click where the LOPs cross in the plot and you have found your fix!
Besides finding your fix, ezAlmanacOne is one of the best tools available to perform compass checks from a bearing observation of one of the navigational bodies. The compass check function supports checking up to 5 devices from a single bearing observation. ezAlmanacOne will also create a report of your compass check that can be saved as a PDF file or printed for the ships records.
Celestial navigation instructors love ezAlmanacOne because it does celestial navigation exactly as they teach it. Values obtained from the Nautical Almanac and Pub. 229 are clearly identified with an icon of the book. When you press the book icon you are taken to the page that has that value with the row, c