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Re: Digital Sextant
From: Victor Reijs
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 15:15 +0100
From: Victor Reijs
Date: 2002 Apr 1, 15:15 +0100
Hello all of you, Vic Fraenckel wrote: > > I would like to ask if anyone has heard of, tried to build or was successful > in building a all digital sextant. I have thought about this for many years > but the technology for measuring angles to the necessary precision was way > too expensive for my taste. I think perhaps it might be possible to do this > today with a reasonable cost. Altitudes could be measured with optical > encoders and the data could be transmitted to a computer at will along with > the time of the sight and processed. Any thoughts? Could I add if there is some 'cheap' (digital) equipment to measure azimuth? You have nowadays gyro-theodolites and I assume that these will be come smaller and cheaper... > > Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Same. All the best, Victor -- URLs: http://www.iol.ie/~geniet http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/eng/archaeocosmology.htm http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/maeshowe http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/setrise http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/irishstones http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/stpatrick