NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Dec 15, 16:30 -0500
Hi Sean
I have the Sky Scout. It is based upon a known position (via GPS), azimuth (via compass) and elevation (tilt sensors) to determine what celestial object you are pointing at. Alternatively, it can help you to find a known object in the sky.
The 'lenses' are actually have zero magnification. Essentially, its a sight tube.
If the electronic sextant works like the sky scout, it can provide a very accurate position, since it has GPS on board. No point in taking star sights after that!
Brad
A Bing translation:
"The instrument, which is connected to a computer, recognizes the targeted stars; an inertial deals with angle measurements. Software handles calculations."
We have the technology. ;) Just the other day I was looking at the "Sky Scout" over at Celestaire's page. It identifies the feature it's aimed at and produces trivia about it. Combine that with sensors similar to (but hopefully more accurate than) the ones found in most mobile phones today and throw in a Tamaya NC-2200 et voila!
The device even appears to have a lens similar to that on the Sky Scout.
Regards,
Sean C.
----------------------------------------------------------------
NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList
Members may optionally receive posts by email.
To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com
----------------------------------------------------------------
