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The problem was poor adjustment of the sextant.  I tried Thomas's
suggestion of adjusting star-to-star, and it worked very well.  Last
night's moon shots were much, much better.

Thanks, esp. to Thomas.



On Nov 25, 2:10 pm, "Robert Eno"  wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> True to a point but you can also be out of alignment by a bit and still see
> the reflection in the pan.
>
> In any event, I was grasping at straws on this one. David indicated that he
> had already performed the necessary adjustments to his sextant.
>
> cheers
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Kleemann" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:07 PM
> Subject: [NavList 4084] Re: body not aligned with reflection in artificial
>
> horizon
>
> > Robert Eno wrote:
>
> >> level. But you also indicated that this problem is occurring in a pan of
> >> water which is self-levelling.  Try shifting your position so that the
> >> sun,
> >> the pan of oil and you, are all in a straight line.
>
> > Excuse me for bouncing in.
>
> > In my understanding one can only see a reflection in the pan
> > if already aligned.
> > I'd bet on the horizon mirror adjustment.
>
> > David, you might try to check the index correction star-star;
> > in the process you see, if there is the same misalignment.
>
> > Thomas.
>
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> > I am no navigator, but an interested layman.- Hide quoted text -
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