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Re: Star sparkle in sextant image
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 17:03 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 17:03 -0500
on 9/27/04 4:08 PM, Fred Hebard at Fred@ACF.ORG wrote: > On Sep 27, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Ken Gebhart wrote: > >>> >> Sorry guys, but I have to speak up in defense of the Astra scope after >> Fred >> having said it was awful. We have always felt that the scope was the >> better >> part of the sextant. A few years ago, some engineers at Eastman Kodak >> tested several sextant scopes, and found the Astra to be the best. A >> fellow >> named Bill Cook, who was then the head of the American Optical Society, >> wrote a magazine article saying the same thing. Lastly, the last two >> hundred C. Plath Navistar Classic sextants sold before they became >> extinct, >> actually came with Astra scopes. >> >> It's possible that the scope Fred looked through was damaged in some >> way. >> It's also possible that a manufacturing run had a flaw in it. I would >> certainly welcome any other expressions of quality from other List >> members >> (Joel?). >> Ken Gebhart >> >> > > > The sextant I looked at was an old, used Astra, so the scope may have > been damaged or perhaps the earlier ones aren't as good as the later > ones. > > Fred > Thanks Fred. I can exhale now. Thanks to Mike too. Ken
