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Re: Navy MK 5 Octant Using Natural Horizon
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 2, 23:06 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 2, 23:06 -0400
Greg, This is what I would expect with a good sextant, powerful scope, perfect horizon and experienced observer. Which shows again how incredibly good your bubble octant series was:-) Alex. > :09:13 64* 43.3' 0.1' T > :11:43 64* 20.8' 0.6' T (maximum) > :12:42 64* 11.6' 0.5' T > :13:24 64* 4.8' 0.2' T > :14:30 63* 54.2' 0.0 (minimum) > :15:25 63* 45.7' 0.1' T > :16:19 63* 37.3' 0.3' T > :17:21 63* 27.6' 0.5' T > :18:21 63* 18.1' 0.6' T > > Avg 0.3' T Spread 0.6' > > Sight reductions by Pilot Navigator Software version 6.9 > > Comments: > > This data set is better than expected due to an excellent sharp horizon. Typically a spread of 1' is good. Average intercepts vary as the result of measured accuracies of H.E. , I.C., and time. > > Greg Rudzinski > > P.S. Dave Walden has no excuses now that he just acquired a Tamaya Jupiter ;-) Clear skies and good shooting Dave :) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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=119353 > > >