How did sailors determine their position before there was GPS? This sextant replica from Hemisferium shows how that worked. With a sextant, you measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body, such as the sun, the moon, or a star. Through mirrors, you project the image of the celestial body onto the horizon and read off the angle on the scale. With that height, a precise time and tables, sailors determined their position at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The replica is made according to historical examples and is primarily intended as a decorative and educational object, for example for those who sail or are interested in maritime history. A predecessor on board was the historical marine astrolabe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never look at the sun, because suitable sun filters are needed for that. How to safely view the sun, you can read in safely watching a solar eclipse<\/a>. The sextant is nicely positioned on a desk next to it. a globe of Zoffoli<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Replica of a sextant, the navigation instrument with which sailors used mirrors to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":113236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[3286],"product_cat":[3272],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-113237","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-hemisferium","product_cat-geschenken","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111636,"url":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro\/","url_meta":{"origin":113237,"position":0},"title":"ZWO Seestar S50 Pro","author":"Info telescoop","date":"25-08-2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The ZWO Seestar S50 Pro is the successor to the Seestar S50: 50 mm quadruplet APO (260 mm, f\/5.2), two 8.3 MP 4K sensors, a 63-degree wide-angle camera for the Milky Way up to 8K, three built-in filters, a 10,000 mAh battery (up to 9 hours), and 128 GB of storage. Four capture modes for...","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"ZWO Seestar S50 Pro hero","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zwo-seestar-s50-pro.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/113237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=113237"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=113237"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=113237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}