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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Intentional Side Error
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 Jan 26, 19:32 -0800
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 Jan 26, 19:32 -0800
Robert,
Over the years of CN I found by accident that a small amount of side error assisted in determining index error when observing a star or planet. The induced side error would then be removed after the index error was determined. It was on this list that I learned a small amount of side error could be left on the sextant without affecting precision. This means less fooling with the horizon mirror which is always a good thing.
Greg Rudzinski
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