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Re: Centring Error Detector
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2007 Jan 12, 13:00 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2007 Jan 12, 13:00 -0500
Frank, Yes it would be easier to use, in my estimation. You have to tilt your head at ridiculous angles to measure lunars or stars, and you have to find the dang things in the mirrors. It's tiring. The ease of use would lead to greater accuracy, in my estimation. Fred On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:18 AM, FrankReedCT@aol.com wrote: > By making observations with each prism, a rough correction table > for the sextant's arc error could be constructed. It's a very > clever idea, but if you had such a system today, would it be any > more useful than ordinary sextant observations (or maybe lunars) in > assessing arc error? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
