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Re: Vernier sextant
From: Bill B
Date: 2007 Mar 03, 00:36 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2007 Mar 03, 00:36 -0500
> As soon as the weather permits I will report on the sights with this > sextant. (I always wanted to compare the advantages and disadvantages > of a good vernier sextant vs a modern one. So now I finnaly have > this opportunity. Alex I'm still waiting on more bubble sextant results. For one, trying Ken's suggestion of observing stars on either extreme of a sun-size bubble and averaging. THEN we can get into the outstanding results with the new toy.Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
