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Re: Buying a sextant- a cautionary tale.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 6, 09:24 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 6, 09:24 -0400
Bill, > Initially pulled the information from Omar's site, > but delta's declination > was 0.1' off, and zeta later proved to way off > (Omar listed declination as > 0d 00.4' N!). I hope USNO almanac is more reliable:-) Alex.