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Re: sextant telescopes
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Oct 4, 14:20 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Oct 4, 14:20 -0500
If you are on an aircraft carrier, the 6x30 would be great. If you are on a yacht affordable to most of us you can't usually hold it steady enough for 6x to help. I can imagine a scope with image stabilization, like the Canon binoculars I once got to look through (drool) but I don't think that is currently available. On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:15:20 -0700, Hal Mueller wrote: >My Astra IIIB came with a 3.5x40 telescope. Celestaire also sells a >6x30 telescope, and a zero-mag sight tube. I've read the online >description of telescope sizes >(http://www.celestaire.com/page8.html), but am curious--what are >people actually using? > >It appears that the 6x30 would potentially give better accuracy for >lunar distance sights. But I've never tried to reduce a lunar >distance, let alone shoot one. > >I know Ken would love to sell me both a 6x30 and a zero-map :) Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a "If Brecht had directed 'Waiting for Godot,' he would have hung a large sign at the back of the stage reading 'He's not going to come, you know. ' " -- Terry Eagleton