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Re: Star sparkle in sextant image
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 17:08 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 17:08 -0400
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