Sextant
For training or improving your skills with a sextant.
App info
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 - AstronavigationFor 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'
Android 16 - SDK 36
new Google Maps 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:19.2.0'

Recent Comments
A Google user
Excellent. Most enjoyable to use.