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    Re: 12-power sextant scopes... Why?
    From: Al Stewart
    Date: 2024 Jan 6, 11:08 -0800

    Hi Murray,

    the picture you shared appears to be of a USN Mark 2 sextant... as far as I have read up, the unusual scope was not an inverting scope. More in Bill's article at 

    https://sextantbook.com/category/usn-buships-mark-ii-sextant/

    Yours aye,

    Al Stewart

    Jamaica

       
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