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Re: Daytime Venus Rising Dip Short
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 5, 13:37 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 5, 13:37 -0400
Greg, My understanding is that this is the feature of your sextant: the bubble is on the side of the body. (And this is what the manual says). In my sextant, the star or Sun san be placed inside the bubble, and certainly this is the correct way to do with MkIX. Alex On Sat, 5 May 2012, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > > Alex, > > It is my understanding that the body is to be placed adjacent to the bubble and not within the bubble. > > Greg Rudzinski > > [NavList] Re: Daytime Venus Rising Dip Short > From: Alexandre Eremenko > Date: 5 May 2012 12:07 > Greg, > Thanks. My bubble looks very differently: it is a ring, > and I am supposed to put the Sun in the center of this ring. > > Alex. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=119393 > > >