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