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Re: Telescope Collimator MK-VI
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2013 Jul 15, 13:01 -0700
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2013 Jul 15, 13:01 -0700
I don't see a level anywhere on the instrument and I doubt it could be used in its present state to calibrate bubble sextants. Perhaps parts are missing.
A dumpy level focussed on infinity with the eyepiece illuminated to show the cross wires makes a good horizontal collimator to remove index error from bubble sextants (though the wires are sometimes hard to see). Dumpy levels often turn up cheaply on auction sites.
Bill Morris
Pukenui
New Zealand
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