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C.Plath Yachtsman Sextant
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Mar 10, 11:53 -0500
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Mar 10, 11:53 -0500
A few days ago Jackson McDonald and I were able to put a C.Plath Yachtsman to the test by observing the upper limb of the Moon from a pier near Port Canaveral. This version of Plath sextant is uniquely simple and compact with little compromising of precision. Bill Morris has a fantastic blog post on this model for anyone who has one of these or interested in getting one.
https://sextantbook.com/category/c-plath-sextants/
Lat. 28° 24.5, N Lon. 80° 35.2' W HE 20 ft. IC 0.0'
3/7/2017 UT 20:56:24
Hs 25° 00.2' Moon upper limb
Greg Rudzinski
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