Sextant

Sextant

For training or improving your skills with a sextant.

App info


April 23, 2025
498
$1.99
Android 4.0+
Everyone

App description


Android App Analysis and Review: Sextant, Developed by Navigational Algorithms. Listed in Maps & navigation Category. Current Version Is v6q, Updated On 23/04/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Sextant. Achieved Over 498 Installs. Sextant Currently Has 1 Reviews, Average Rating 5.0 Stars

Celestial navigation - Astronavigation

For training or improving your skills with a marine sextant, an aircraft octant (bubble), an artificial horizon, or a theodolite.
- Real time calculation of the instrumental altitude Hs for comparison of your shots.
- Useful for index error determination.
- For Sun, Moon, and navigational stars and planets.
- Location on map of your position by GPS or manually. ("Location" App permission must be allowed. Switch on you GPS, and then automatic location detection is possible)
- Map: zoom, satellite, terrain and road map.
- KEEP_SCREEN_ON
- Show/hide time
- Day/night only data screen mode
- Show azimuth: plots Zn of the star from the observer's position.

What's New


Upgraded to:
Android 16 - SDK 36
new Google Maps 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:19.2.0'

Rate and review on Google Play store


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Total number of installs (*estimated)

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Recent Comments

user
A Google user

Excellent. Most enjoyable to use.