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Re: Curious sextant add-on
From: David Iwancio
Date: 2020 Oct 21, 11:10 -0700

My hunch is it's a night vision scope with a vacuum tube that has worn with age. In that case, the red beam is an infrared flashlight of sorts that would illuminate things for the scope when ambient light isn't enough..

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