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Off Center Sextant Scope Observations
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2007 Nov 22, 16:39 -0800
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2007 Nov 22, 16:39 -0800
What happens to an image of a celestial body when viewed off center in a sextant scope? I have a bad habit of using the lower half of the field of view when taking lower limb observations of the sun. I suspect that this increases the observed altitude slightly. Greg Rudzinski --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---