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🧭 Marine Sextant (2D): Double Reflection, Dip, Refraction and the Noon Sight

2D ray-traced marine sextant: turning the index mirror by half the angle brings the sun to the horizon, then index error, dip of the horizon and atmospheric refraction are removed to give the true altitude and the latitude from a noon sight.

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Marine Sextant (2D): Double Reflection, Dip, Refraction and the Noon Sight ↗ Open standalone
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2D ray-traced marine sextant: turning the index mirror by half the angle brings the sun to the horizon, then index error, dip of the horizon and atmospheric refraction are removed to give the true altitude and the latitude from a noon sight.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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