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Re: C&P bubble sextant - practical issues
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2022 Mar 21, 11:30 -0700
From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2022 Mar 21, 11:30 -0700
Thank you Tony!
60°N 30°E ? Wow! St. Petersburg!! Very famous old city.
It's actually the bubble horizon accek9ssory that seems to have the longer fork (thanks for the correct term). But this morning I noticed the "problem" again...but then it seemed to go away. It may be a simple problem with how I'm holding the sextant (and trying to use my dominant left eye). I'll check if I can see through the bubble at a natural horizon.
Frank Worsley's only problem on the James Caird was having two of the six person crew steady him and hold him when trying to take a sight so that he wouldn't tumble overboard. I believe that sextant is at the Cantabury Museum.
Thanks again for your help, all of you.
Dale
