What is a sextant used for?
Correct answer: Angular distance measurement
Madderist
It actually measures angles. Combined with trigonometry you can then calculate distance height etc.
Player #2599383
A sextant is used to measure the angle of an object in the sky from the horizon. This figure is then used in a calculation to determine latitude.
RedSeaDiver69
It's amazing that these have been around for so long. How did someone realise that this was possible?
PTSD
thank god for the picture
Player glorpyx54
thanks to portuguese navigators
Daz
They still ,train to use this in the British Royal Navy,in case GPS,or any other modern communication fails.
Andy T
A sextant does not measure distance! it measures angles!
justjohn8511
Wrong information.
Player #15624415
It measures the angular distance between two visible objects. It means - measures angles!!! Not the distance.
Moody Eggman
It only measures distance incidentally as a way to determine latitude.
Prisha
Kinda knew this..
science brat can related imao!!! hahaa
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Me and My sister does this game when the answer is always the longest, and sometimes it's not but most of the time it is, and when it says something with "all the answers are correct" we just choose that, this time it helped again; sometimes even pictures help as well, like this one.
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Hau ua
merli
wheh i'm slow in geometry and trigomeyry
Papa Zёba, Henry & Luka
sextant measures angles. distance is calculated after measurement is done
AndrejBB
It measures angles!!!
mr cambo
Madderist, the first example since i left school 20 year ago a use for trigonometry
B to the ill
why are there always so many thumbs down? lol bunch of haters playing a trivia game
kenboi
So it's to measure angles not distance. Distance is calculated FROM the angle.
Elie
the pictureus the answer
Tz
It mensures angles, not distantes
James Koppert
Madderist, an angle is still a measure of distance
James Koppert
To what sextent is that a angle
Guillermo Jr.
coreykeri1981, your joke is FUNNY!
Some people have NO sense of humor and spend too much time looking for things to get "offended" about.. sheesh..
Dimitrije Čvorović
I'm a seafarer. It's used to measure angles. ciao.
Anastasia
AustrALIEN, out in the open sea is exactly why they're used because there aren't any landmarks.
Player #24905305
we used sextants when I was in navigation in the U.S. Navy. Not easy. About 5 years in they stopped using them, unless you got a salty old Chief who old school😉
Ljutopas
angle and azimuth of celestial objects to determine position
Jabberwocky
thanks to White collar. just saw it there
BrynR1
Distance and Angle are not synonymous
AustrALIEN
Fabulous question. I was just discussing what a sextant was used for with my 9 year old son this morning but I didn't know how they navigated out in the middle of the ocean with no land marks. I got distracted with his other homework so didn't pursue any additional info. Then low and behold this game gave me the answer. Thanks! 😁
SssnifferWolf
Soz bout the first one. My fingers slipped I was meant to cancel🤭
SssnifferWolf
Sextant, is wrong and weird
SssnifferWolf
The name “sext
Jrpopeye
Excellent infirmation
Jocko Fu
coreykeri1981, haha
Jocko Fu
If you can find one, I'll take it off your hands. Learned to use one on a Navy Carrier once ( The Nimitz), years ago, they are easier than you think 😉