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Oahu’s Bishop Museum has a planetarium specifically set up to teach celestial navigation.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Some believe the double movements serve to display dual time zones; others argue the second movement was purposefully engineered to track sidereal time (a timekeeping system used in celestial navigation).
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Relying on backup life-support systems on the Apollo Lunar Module meant to transport them to the moon's surface from orbit, the astronauts used primitive methods of celestial navigation to make their way back to Earth.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
These two constellations were historically used for celestial navigation, tying the piece back to the brand’s origins in marine chronometry.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Some believe the double movements serve to display dual time zones; others argue the second movement was purposefully engineered to track sidereal time (a timekeeping system used in celestial navigation).
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Relying on backup life-support systems on the Apollo Lunar Module meant to transport them to the moon's surface from orbit, the astronauts used primitive methods of celestial navigation to make their way back to Earth.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
These two constellations were historically used for celestial navigation, tying the piece back to the brand’s origins in marine chronometry.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for celestial navigation
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“Celestial navigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/celestial%20navigation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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