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Re: sextant precision.
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Jun 21, 01:18 EDT
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Jun 21, 01:18 EDT
George H you wrote: " It misses the point. It's exactly the same proposal that Henry Halboth put forward, of using a special shade over the object lens of the telescope, and suffers from the same objection." Ah yes. Of course. Oh well... Back to my earlier procedure. The Moon is near full so this would be a good time to try it on medium shades, and you could use a rising sun (a little safer) for that very dense shade. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
