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About EZ Celestial Navigation
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, column and value highlighted. Even when ezAlmanacOne is doing all the work, it can teach you how to do it manually using the books.
For manual celestial navigation you can generate and print Nautical Almanac pages to use as a backup on a passage. You can even print the sight reduction forms and plotting sheets you will need.
ezAlmanacOne performs all astronomical calculations using the NOVAS 3.1 software from the US Naval Observatory (USNO) and a JPL ephemeris that covers the years 1960 through 2059. It also implements WMM-2020, the latest World Magnetic Model software available from NOAA, to compute magnetic declination. Since all calculations are performed in the software, ezAlmanacOne is fully functional with no dependency on the internet.
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Reviews for EZ Celestial Navigation
Sailor boy
Great for Learning and Navigating
I am working to become a better celestial navigator and the program has been terrific at reinforcing use of the Almanac and sight reduction tables. It works as a standalone celestial calculator or in consort with traditional sight reduction methods. It is very quick to learn using the sample problems included. The integration of the Almanacs and HO 229 is what made the decision to use the program so easy. The celestial body selection tool works so well. I am anxious to see how well all things go once I am in offline mode. I am using on an iPad Pro with rugged case and keyboard, so data entry is quite easy. I will still carry all the books but the program sure helps out when I am missing current hard copies for the area of the World I am in.
You know who for real
Very versatile fast and accurate
I loved using ez Almanac expert. Ez Almanac One is its successor. I was used to the old interface, but have come to appreciate the increase in functions and the 100 yr almanac included. No more buying new almanacs in app. It allows full manual sight reduction, if one prefers, with out having to carry several pounds of books. It works offline, and instantaneously in fully automatic mode. It allows analysis of LOPs, compass calibration, running fixes and much more. Now it even runs on a smartphone.
