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Hi all,
   forgive the bandwidth but is anyone here familiar with a sextant sold as the "Luna Sextant"
by the apparently now defunct "Luna Trading Company, Matairie LA" I just bought it last week
off of ebay from a guy in Georgia. The sextant appears in to be pristine condition no wear on
the worm or the scale gear. I saw another one being sold by a Salvation Army group in Texas,
but it was bid up too high for me. This one cost me $425. we have not had any clear view of
the sky due to clouds to try a 'real' sight, then the holiday, but initial puttering with it shows that
I can set the IE to zero, and if I sight on a distant house etc, and take a altitude, then return to
0 degrees the IE is still zero - (unlike my plastic Davis sextant). The seller threw in a book he had
got with it called "Celestial Navigation" (C) 1989 by Tom Cunliffe The book has the previous
owners name, FL address, and phone number but the phone is disconnected and I think this
might have been purchased at an estate sale for speculation (?) Any Idea how good or bad this
instrument is, and what I should expect for accuracy (on land for the moment)?
Many thanks in advance,
~Greg
'Svenska Flicka'
   Cat 28 #467

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