Yes, that's common knowledge; but the process of doing celestial navigation 
actually presumes that the earth (or your location on it) is fixed, and the sun 
is doing the moving.

Here's one of the more concise books on the topic:  
http://www.amazon.com/Celestial-Navigation-Yachtsmen-Mary-Blewitt/dp/0070059284

Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI   :^(

On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:01 AM, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Is it not common knowledge that the sun essentially remains fixed for all 
> intents and purposes and the earth does the moving?

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