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Re: Dollar Store Sextant Improved
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Jul 5, 07:38 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Jul 5, 07:38 +1000
Wonderfully ingenious, Greg
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On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Greg Rudzinski <gregrudzinski@yahoo.com> wrote:
The dollar store sextant has been improved by adding a horizon mirror to the back of the glass base. This mirror allows a daytime Moon to be observable in a 5mm slot from the front. I also hope to be able to see early twilight Venus with this configuration. The Sun shows especially good using a pair of camera polarizers as a variable shade.
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