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Re: Simulating sight data with spreadsheets
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2013 Jan 8, 13:25 -0800
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2013 Jan 8, 13:25 -0800
Öjan, please drop the other shoe an tell us where you are. Hewitt Sent from my iPad On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:37 AM, "ÖrjanSandström"wrote: > Frank, too cold? have taken sights when temp has been below -25°C > I admi that using gloves makes adjusting sextant more of a chalenge, also the optics tend to get coated in frost if one is not careful (slightest puff of breath... ). > Hardest part is spotting any iregularities on the horizon and sometimes even seeing one in the drifting snow (think creeping vails of fog). I have used art-orizon made from cup of water more than few times to get past that, trick is to catch sun before water freezes (surface distorts and gets fuzzy). > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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=121790 > >