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From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2012 May 1, 10:29 -0700
Alex,
Don't get too excited over the 0.1' average intercept number. I rounded all my readings to the nearest moa plus there are uncertainties of ± 1 second of time, ± 1 ft. height of eye, and ± 0.5' on index correction. The horizon was very sharp as was the Sun's lower limb. It wouldn't take much to shift the 0.1' average intercept to 1.0' moa.
Greg Rudzinski
[NavList] Re: Navy MK 5 Octant Using Natural Horizon
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 1 May 2012 02:15
Greg,
Thanks for your explanation.
I did not realize that this was the bubble octant:-)
(But these are excellent results for a bubble octant!
I have never heard of the 0.1' accuracy obtained with a bubble octant,
even if this is an average of 30)
> There is no way to get results like I did with a
> bubble horizon even on my luckiest day ;-)
I thought tat there is no way to obtain the results you are talking
about with a bubble octant at all:-)
But I have never tried my bubble octant with the real
horizon.
> I was happy to get near marine sextant performance
> which means that this particular octant with horizon
> prism is good enough to substitute for a marine sextant
> aboard ship or small craft.
I don't see a reason to substitute a normal sextant with a bubble octant
if the real horizon is available, except that a bubble octant is usually
cheaper. But the performance of your bubble octant seems to be quite
exceptional.
Alex.
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