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    Re: Inverting telescope for sextant
    From: Alexandre Eremenko
    Date: 2013 Dec 17, 10:41 -0500

    Yes,
    I forgot to mention the wires,
    they can be mounted in any Kepler scope, but not in the Galileo scope.
    
    So one may conclude that a prismatic and an inverting scope give you
    the same picture, but the inverting one
    a) has smaller weight, and
    b) lets somewhat more light through.
    
    Alex.
    
    
    
    > On 12/17/2013 2:54 AM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote:
    >> The only modern sextant that I know which uses a classic, inverting
    >> Kepler
    >> scope
    >> (without prisms or extra glass) is SNO-T.
    >> Everyone who tried an SNO-T inverting thinks it is better than
    >> usual sextant telescopes.
    >> The quality of image, magnification and field of view is like in a good
    >> prismatic, but the weight is much less.
    >
    > Also of note are the wires (like a rectical) to help orient the sextant
    > to the horizontal.
    >
    >
    > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=125786
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