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Re: time recording, was: Satr-to-star
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 30, 22:00 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 30, 22:00 -0400
On Sep 30, 2004, at 8:49 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > My main problem with time recording is putting my eyeglasses > on and off: I need eyeglasses to SEE the time on my Casio > watch, to do time > recording, > or ANY recording wharsoever, but I have to take them > off when I look into my sextant scope:-) > > Forseeing some comments: > yes, I read Bruce Bauer about eyeglasses:-) > Metal-framed, half-moon glasses with movable nose pieces can ride far enough down on my nose that I can bring the telescope up to my eye. The old plastic type that Bruce modeled so bravely for his book don't ride down the nose, and stay, as well as the metal ones. One can even peer through them when down the nose to read the watch and record the data.
