Celestial Navigation - Outdoor Lecture Thursday, July 15th – 10a.m. Doug Sheer, Historian and President of the Friends of Rock Hall (Raindate, Friday July 16th - 10:00am)
Over thousands of years humans have relied on their intuition as well as heavenly bodies and features in their local environment to find their way across our planet. Today we have abandoned most of these techniques as we increasingly rely on satellite navigation. By learning some of the methods of navigation used by ancient mariners and the use of early instruments such as the sextant we can better appreciate our heritage and pass on some of these techniques to future generations.
Mr. Sheer received a BA at SUNY New Paltz in Secondary Education Social Studies and an MA at Long Island University in Sociology. He is a former Department Chair of Social Studies for the Garden City School District. Mr. Sheer became a licensed captain in 1979 and has taught celestial navigation for 40 years through Nassau Community College’s Life Long Learning Program. Fee: $10; $8 seniors. Members free. Sponsored by the Friends of Rock Hall. Check is to be payable to the Friends of Rock Hall. Space limited. Reservations required.
