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SNO-Ts on eBay with Horizon Mirror Installed Backwards
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Mar 31, 16:08 +0100
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Mar 31, 16:08 +0100
Amazing. If you look at the images of the 4 SNO-T sextants offered on eBay by the Latvian chap (the ones with the yellow open boxes) you will notice that the first two have their horizon mirrors installed backwards, with the mirror side facing the sea horizon and the adjustment screws facing the index mirror.
I have not got Bill's book yet but I guess it is not a big deal to remove them and reinstall them correctly.
