Category:Sextants

sextant
	angle measurement instrument
	Wikipedia
Subclass of	device,; reflecting instrument
Discoverer or inventor	John Bird; Abu-Mahmud Khojandi;
Start time	1757
	user manual link
Authority control
	GND ID: 4181103-3
	Reasonator; Scholia; Statistics;

Nederlands: Sextant en Octant

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180423-N-DL434-149 (27894845758).jpg 4,497 × 3,000; 1.22 MB
64-242-AN Sextant, Theodolite (5456307704).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 386 KB
80-CF-8811-12 Box 175 (22674649853).jpg 2,108 × 2,816; 1.4 MB
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80-G-464209 (31956598823).jpg 2,432 × 2,012; 413 KB
80-G-469770 (26124134090).jpg 2,278 × 2,268; 4.73 MB
A Royal Navy officer using a sextant aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942. TR92.jpg 1,713 × 2,480; 1.24 MB
A sextant.JPG 1,752 × 1,560; 621 KB
Apollo 8 Lovell at Guidance and Navigation station.jpg 750 × 562; 92 KB
Apollo Block II Sextant.jpg 1,000 × 969; 99 KB
Artificial horizon sextant.jpg 159 × 126; 10 KB
Astronomiska instrument, Sextant, Nordisk familjebok.png 455 × 430; 15 KB
Becuna 18.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.53 MB
Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians 1a35365v.jpg 819 × 1,024; 159 KB
Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif.jpg 6,386 × 8,238; 3.49 MB
Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians1a35364v.jpg 819 × 1,024; 173 KB
Britannia Yacht Club sexstant.jpg 768 × 878; 69 KB
Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum 24 - Sextant.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.57 MB
Bundesarchiv Bild 134-B0766, Jacht "Iduna".jpg 800 × 564; 77 KB
Chambers 1908 Sextant.png 369 × 379; 18 KB
Coast watch (1979) (20633146216).jpg 2,717 × 1,622; 999 KB
Conquistadores 654.jpg 534 × 481; 256 KB
Defense.gov News Photo 000903-N-0268C-009.jpg 2,100 × 1,489; 411 KB
Defense.gov News Photo 050217-N-6074Y-114.jpg 2,250 × 1,500; 858 KB
DN-SD-03-08769.JPEG 1,500 × 2,100; 426 KB
Eagle Cadet celestial navigation.jpg 960 × 639; 58 KB
Een officier met sextant op Hr Ms Van Speijk, Bestanddeelnr 252-8511.jpg 2,634 × 2,593; 607 KB
Een officier met sextant op Hr Ms Van Speijk, Bestanddeelnr 252-8512.jpg 2,637 × 2,587; 578 KB
El mundo físico, 1882 "Oficial de marina observanco con el sextante". (4052595222).jpg 1,324 × 1,575; 841 KB
El mundo físico, 1882 "Sextante" (4052595366).jpg 2,166 × 1,618; 1.02 MB
Equatorial Sextant.jpg 249 × 363; 16 KB
Experienced sextant.jpg 1,200 × 1,600; 97 KB
Feature. Paul Legendre O.B.E. School for Sailors BAnQ P48S1P10398.jpg 708 × 960; 79 KB
Feature. Sailor's Instruction School. 352 Place Royale BAnQ P48S1P06812.jpg 960 × 627; 60 KB
Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - An Officer uses a sextant..jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 788 KB
FMIB 37449 Sextant.jpeg 732 × 774; 166 KB
Four P & O cadets of the Viceroy of India on the starboard side of the Bridge Deck with their sextants (5075032692).jpg 407 × 600; 46 KB
Frieberger drum marine sextant.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 3.63 MB
GCoutinho sextant detail.jpg 640 × 480; 114 KB
GCoutinho sextant optics.jpg 640 × 480; 127 KB
GCoutino sextant box.jpg 640 × 480; 115 KB
Gebruik van sekstant.gif 787 × 393; 1.75 MB
Gottlob F. Haug Anweisung (1).jpg 1,683 × 1,378; 439 KB
Gottlob F. Haug Anweisung (2).jpg 1,688 × 1,378; 432 KB
Goutinho sextant fullbody.jpg 640 × 480; 128 KB
Het Nederlandse fregat Hr. Ms. 'Johan Maurits van Nassau' van Amsterdam naar Den, Bestanddeelnr 902-2194.jpg 3,922 × 2,817; 2.02 MB
Indonesian naval cadets with sextants, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p234.jpg 1,492 × 955; 158 KB
ISS-56 Alexander Gerst looks out of the Cupola module.jpg 5,568 × 3,712; 2.49 MB
ISS-56 Alexander Gerst operates a sextant in the Cupola module.jpg 5,568 × 3,712; 3.17 MB
Käpt'n Jonny Arndt bei einer Horizontalwinkelmessung..jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.95 MB
L-Spiegelsextant.png 1,256 × 1,263; 70 KB
Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling1a35363v.jpg 713 × 927; 163 KB
Lille - observatoire - 11.jpg 1,824 × 1,368; 282 KB
Marine sextant de.svg 1,400 × 1,500; 216 KB
Marine sextant fr.svg 1,800 × 1,900; 290 KB
Marine sextant He.svg 1,202 × 1,311; 288 KB
Marine sextant mk.svg 1,202 × 1,311; 367 KB
Marine sextant ru.png 1,320 × 1,445; 420 KB
Marine sextant text.svg 1,400 × 1,500; 285 KB
Marine sextant-no text.svg 1,254 × 1,392; 224 KB
Marine sextant.png 2,341 × 2,552; 254 KB
Marine sextant.svg 1,202 × 1,311; 287 KB
Modern drum sextant.jpg 900 × 759; 239 KB
MS ILLSTEIN NDL - Astronomical location calculation with two fixed stars + polestar (1963).png 1,991 × 1,439; 3.94 MB
US Navy 110528-N-DR144-901 Master Chief Quartermaster Jonathan Myers teaches midshipmen how to use a sextant for celestial navigation.jpg 2,700 × 1,947; 987 KB
National Physical Laboratory- Science and Technology in Wartime, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK, 1944 D23156.jpg 763 × 800; 70 KB
Navigation officer takes the sun's altitude with the sextant.png 494 × 634; 428 KB
Officer Candidates Aboard Barque Eagle (8147716536).jpg 4,256 × 2,832; 5.22 MB
On Board the Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus. 1940. A1896.jpg 2,317 × 1,772; 754 KB
Pilot Officer J H Smythe of Sierra Leone, a newly-qualified navigator, being instructed in the use of the sextant by an instructor at No. 11 Operational Training Unit, Westcott in Buckinghamshire, 1 August 1943. CH10740.jpg 3,916 × 5,367; 5.49 MB
PrincipeSextant.png 1,667 × 1,250; 27 KB
Prismatic Reflecting Circle.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 998 KB
Reims - musée de la Reddition (03).JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.32 MB
Relfexionsextant.png 315 × 396; 12 KB
Russell Hastings Millward with a sextant circa 1914.jpg 738 × 1,024; 139 KB
SBR Sextant.jpg 500 × 398; 35 KB
Sekstant.jpg 700 × 1,020; 175 KB
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Sekstantti 1800-luvun alku.JPG 1,786 × 1,630; 1.14 MB
Sekstantti 1816.jpg 1,402 × 2,074; 1.1 MB
Sestante di Louis Félix Védy inv 3723 IF 32213.jpg 1,000 × 699; 129 KB
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Sextant 1.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 294 KB
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Sextant auf 10DM.jpg 310 × 315; 30 KB
Sextant by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, and Quadrant by David White Co. for the US Navy, c. 1930 - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - DSC06418.JPG 5,322 × 3,297; 8.53 MB
Sextant diagram.svg 709 × 673; 46 KB
Sextant et compas.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 855 KB
Sextant from Apollo flight AS-202.jpg 922 × 718; 173 KB
Sextant Habermehl.jpg 638 × 1,014; 160 KB
Sextant in Jagiellonian University Museum.jpg 1,362 × 1,445; 1.26 MB
Sextant navigation -- 120415-G-GV559-064 Juniper Underway.jpg 4,256 × 2,832; 3.48 MB
Sextant of Manuel Nuñez Villavicencio y Olaguer Feliu.png 935 × 644; 129 KB
Sextant with gyroscopic horizon - XIX century.JPG 2,393 × 2,518; 1.82 MB
Sextant, Birkenhead.jpg 1,500 × 1,500; 204 KB
Sextant, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery - DSCF1964.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 2.84 MB
Sextant, Williamson Art Gallery.jpg 800 × 600; 147 KB
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Sextant-Bregant 09937.JPG 1,770 × 1,406; 879 KB
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Sextante-1849.jpg 2,736 × 3,648; 3.2 MB
Sextante1805SAM 2090.JPG 2,736 × 3,648; 3.3 MB
SextanteEspañolBaleatoFerrolSIgloXVIII.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 3.55 MB
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Sextent, probably by Spencer, Browning, & Rust, London, England, retailed by R.O. Dwyer & Co, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, c. 1800-1820 - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC00260.JPG 3,234 × 4,049; 3.77 MB
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Souvenir-Sheet.jpg 1,600 × 1,279; 851 KB
Spiegelsextant 1810.jpg 966 × 903; 254 KB
Stronomiska instrument, Sextant, Nordisk familjebok transparent.png 413 × 396; 9 KB
Taking an observation.jpg 1,660 × 1,060; 1.02 MB
Taking sextant readings.jpg 1,536 × 1,997; 1.34 MB
TakingSight.JPG 1,823 × 1,488; 658 KB
TAMAYA Sextant MS-3L.jpg 1,024 × 686; 279 KB
Tapley NPS.jpg 1,500 × 1,232; 691 KB
The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17972907560).jpg 1,210 × 940; 181 KB
The Merchant Navy during the Second World War A11808.jpg 800 × 600; 44 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A3284.jpg 597 × 800; 42 KB
To use a sextant to determine longitude and latitude.jpg 819 × 1,024; 75 KB
Two ship's officers 'shoot' in one morning with the sextant, the sun altitude.jpg 961 × 631; 315 KB
U.S. Navy officer using a sextant.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 396 KB
US CQM takes sextant reading on USS Alaska (CB-1) 1945.jpg 580 × 740; 316 KB
US Navy 020710-N-2781V-007 A sextant used aboard the navigational bridge aboard USS George Washington.jpg 1,378 × 2,100; 2.22 MB
US Navy 030212-N-5786V-501 Quartermaster 3rd Class Justin Bradshaw from Lapeer, Mich., uses a sextant to determine the ship's position while on watch on the ship's signal bridge.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.03 MB
US Navy 030612-N-3241H-083 Quarter Master 1st Class William Sebastian uses a sextant while approaching another ship to calculate the distance between the ships using triangulation of two known reference points during the ships.jpg 2,000 × 1,312; 642 KB
US Navy 030822-N-2613R-001 Aboard the destroyer USS Cushing (DD 85), Quartermaster 3rd Class Ryan Snyder, from Metropolis, Ind. shoots an azimuth bearing using a sextant.jpg 1,960 × 3,008; 1.8 MB
US Navy 030822-N-2613R-002 Aboard the destroyer USS Cushing (DD 985), Quartermaster 3rd Class Ryan Snyder, from Metropolis, Ind., shoots an azimuth bearing using a sextant.jpg 3,008 × 1,960; 1.81 MB
US Navy 031025-N-8955H-005 Quartermaster 2nd Class Martineau, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., uses a sextant to shoot the sun line from the port bridge wing of USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.12 MB
US Navy 040326-N-3986D-024 Quartermaster 3rd Class Mamie Anne Randall, of Paris, Ill., uses a sextant aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.38 MB
US Navy 040929-N-7034S-004 An Officer assigned to the Royal Australian Navy, uses a sextant to measure the distance between her ship, HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01), and the fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3).jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.39 MB
US Navy 041203-N-4953E-063 Quartermaster 3rd Class Nicole Lowe uses a sextant to measure the angle of celestial objects off the horizon from the signal bridge of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).jpg 3,008 × 1,960; 849 KB
US Navy 050217-N-6074Y-154 Airman Apprentice Joseph Gilbertsen takes a reading from a sextant on the signal bridge aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during quartermaster training.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 212 KB
US Navy 050721-N-5549O-038 Quartermaster 2nd Class Stephanie Hudson from Plymouth, Mass., peers through a marine sextant, a navigational instrument used to determine celestial navigation aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).jpg 1,967 × 1,155; 1.34 MB
US Navy 060504-N-4953E-026 Quartermaster 3rd Class Dan Finklea uses the Sextant to determine the height and the angle of celestial bodies to find the position and heading of the guided missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) whi.jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.6 MB
US Navy 061031-N-5330L-160 Quartermaster Seaman Richard Armstrong, a Sailor on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), uses a sextant on the bridge aboard the Enterprise-class aircraft carrier.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 488 KB
US Navy 061210-N-8547M-005 Quartermaster Jason A. Lentz uses a sextant to take a sun shot from the bridge wing of the pilothouse of amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA 2).jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 375 KB
US Navy 070319-N-7780S-051 Quartermaster Seaman Kurtis Rodgers, assigned to navigation department, uses a sextant to shoot a line of position toward the sun to verify the position of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. St.jpg 1,588 × 2,612; 419 KB
US Navy 081020-N-1635S-001 Lt. Case Garrison reads the measurements on a statometer to measuring the range from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) to the Military Sealift Command fast comb.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.49 MB
US Navy 090105-N-1082Z-015 Quartermaster 3rd Class Matthew A. James uses a sextant aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72).jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.95 MB
US Navy 090128-N-9134V-020 Command Master Chief Don Ouellette uses a sextant aboard USS Carter Hall (LSD 50).jpg 1,500 × 2,100; 1.57 MB
US Navy 090213-N-5595G-015 Quartermaster 3rd Class Brandon Chandler explains how to use a sextant, a navigation tool used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea, to rap artist Jasiel.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 196 KB
US Navy 100925-N-2821G-034 Rear Adm. Mark D. Guadagnini, left, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group,.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.56 MB
US Navy 101207-N-2055M-272 Senior Chief Quarter Master Jonathan Myers teaches Command Master Chief April Beldo how to use a marine sextant during a.jpg 2,700 × 1,953; 452 KB
US Navy 110528-N-DR144-722 Master Chief Quartermaster Jonathan Myers teaches Midshipman 2nd Class Kathryn Schroedel how to use a sextant for celest.jpg 2,700 × 1,955; 822 KB
US Navy 111120-N-KS651-183 Lt. j.g. Dustin Holm explains how a sextant works to Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Robert Goode aboard the amphibious dock.jpg 3,710 × 2,400; 739 KB
US Navy 111120-N-KS651-222 Lt. j.g. Dustin Holm uses a sextant aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor.jpg 3,254 × 2,400; 610 KB
Using sextant swing frame.png 787 × 393; 33 KB
Using sextant swing.gif 787 × 393; 2.1 MB
Using sextant.gif 787 × 393; 2.07 MB
Using the sextant edit1.gif 787 × 393; 1.48 MB
USN Midshipman takes a sextant reading.jpg 2,811 × 1,864; 2.19 MB
USS Ronald Reagan DVIDS350211.jpg 3,000 × 1,993; 1.27 MB
USS-Audubon Signal-Bridge Lt-Lakusta-Ship-Navigator 1945.png 870 × 650; 162 KB
Voyage in Space page016.png 793 × 1,235; 168 KB
Woman looking through sextant on board the expedition vessel George W. Elder.jpg 1,079 × 1,174; 629 KB
WoodenBox for SextantSestrel1.jpg 3,513 × 3,025; 1.34 MB
Авиационный секстант АК-59.jpg 1,301 × 2,601; 949 KB
Секстан с ледокола Г.Седов.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 5.82 MB
Угломерный инструмент на Авроре.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.35 MB

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