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December 6, 2005: "Another tip comes to mind.  If you are not presetting to
the the approximate separation, getting an initial rough alignment can be
difficult.  For stars at sea, some texts recommend inverting the sextant and
viewing the star directly while moving the reflected horizon (much easier to
see) into approximate position.  Then flip the sextant and go for final
alignment. Modifying this, view Venus directly while bring the reflected
moon into rough alignment.  Alex taught me a wrinkle on that.  Remove the
scope before doing the above. It gives you a much wider viewing angle."

"It's like deja-vu, all over again."--Yogi Bera  

Bill

> Pre setting the angle is great.
>
> What I have found works great if you don't have the pre set angle is to remove
> the sextant scope and line up the sight.
>
> You will find it very easy to get the angle close. Drop in the scope again to
> fine tune.
>
> On a small boat that is pitching a fair bit, you may find not using the scope
> actually is better.
>
> I think you would be surprised at how reasonable a sight you can take with no
> scope at all.
>

   

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