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Re: Artificial horizon
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Feb 22, 08:41 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Feb 22, 08:41 -0500
Gary, I agree that mercury is probably the best. I found some on the Internet but the price is very high. What mercury do you use: I mean what purity grade? Alex. On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Gary J. LaPook wrote: > I always have used a little bowl filled with mercury which I filter > through cloth first to remove the dross. > When done, I pour it back in a small bottle for storage. It is much > better than any other liquid and you can even shoot dim stars.