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Re: Can anyone tell me why my sextant has two sunshades?
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 02:11 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 02:11 -0500
Frank wrote: > By the way, the other people who replied on this are certainly not wrong, > but until you've seen an ultra-dark shade, like on that MAC sextant, it's > hard to imagine. I find it easy to imagine. My Astra III B (circa 2005) has a pair of shades (index and horizon) that transmit so little I cannot make out the sun in June at 40N. I can only surmise that if the sun has a declination similar to my latitude in January, it will be of more use than some other shade combination. I hope Ken will reduce my large sphere of ignorance on that topic. You think "Sun goes supernova," and I think "Thermonuclear event." In either case, what is the purpose of knowing where you were within 2 miles when you bent over and kissed your a_s goodbye? Bill
