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Re: B-II Celestial Computer & Three-Minute Adjustments
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2025 Feb 23, 02:52 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2025 Feb 23, 02:52 -0800
But, the normal sight takes two minutes so a three minute interval would allow only one minute to read the sextant, preset the sextant, crank in the azimuth into the sextant mount! It taakes quite a bit of time cranking in the azimuth. I don't see this as being possible, it's a race with the four minute shot spacing which allows two minutes to get this done.
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