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Re: Digital Sextant
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 18:49 -0800
Bruce Bauer mentions sextants like the Plath on pages 157 to 161 of "The Sextant Handbook" (2nd edition).
Mark
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 18:49 -0800
Yes, I am aware of
that. Unfortunately none of them have ever reached
production.
I wonder what kind of
silicon sensors exist that act as artificial horizons, and what kind measure
angles, and how accurately? The digital compasses recently referred to are
accurate to 2 degrees. For a sextant the angle needs to be measured to a
few seconds of arc to be competitive.
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Subject: Re: Digital Sextant
Bruce Bauer mentions sextants like the Plath on pages 157 to 161 of "The Sextant Handbook" (2nd edition).
Mark
