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Re: Calibrating a Bris sextant
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2017 Aug 14, 06:02 -0700
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2017 Aug 14, 06:02 -0700
Dear marty,
You say you use a hand level to sight a ficticious horizon, there is a better idea to substitute the hand level with a bowl of water/machine oil - to obtain much more precise Artificial Horizon proper. Just devide the resulting angle by two.
Regards,
Tony
