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Re: Calibrating a Bris with a Davis mk15 sextant
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Apr 27, 10:47 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Apr 27, 10:47 -0700
I just want to make sure I'm reading this right.
You wrote: "4 - 29d 43m 2s". By this you mean that the fourth reflection occurs at an angle of 29° 43' 2". Is that what you were saying? How were you able to judge an angle that precise, if so? Do you think that's repeatable??
Frank Reed