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From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2013 Aug 19, 07:51 -0700
A run of mirror horizon sights from last night with Astra sextant, yielded these intercepts:
Alakid 0.6
Dubhe 0.8
Deneb 0.3
Altair 0.0
Arcturus 0.1
Antares 0.1
Saturn 0.4
Spica 0.5
Venus 0.7 (This one I'm particularly proud of)
The venus sight was at 8*10.0 Hs, shot standing 40 feet away from my mirror.
Try that with a 2" puddle of mercury or any liquid based horizon.
Data from sights available if anyone is intersted.
I have to confess I took 2 sights of ech body and reported the best of each pair.
Randy
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