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Re: Sextant Davis
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2000 Dec 08, 7:24 AM
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2000 Dec 08, 7:24 AM
>Hi! I'm just starting celestial nav, and I bought a Davis Mk15 to train >from the ground before trying from a bouncing boat. No problem with the >sextant (I mean, I'm a beginner, so I don't need a very accurate one), but >I have problems when aiming at the sun and going down to catch the >horizon: the sun appears in the tube, above the mirror. Paintful! and >dangerous too. What's wrong? > I'm thinking of sticking lots of black >celotape around the filters... >Guillaume. First, you should aim at the horizon (Not at the Sun) and bring the Sun down Second, DON'T alter the filters as this might (will) distort reflected image. Pierre
