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Re: Hezzanith Sextant
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Sep 5, 20:47 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2020 Sep 5, 20:47 -0700
Hello, Al. You wrote:
"in particular correct adjustment of the telescope position perpendicular to the frame."
Sure. That's often called scope "collimation". It's important, especially on older sextants, that the line of sight should be adjusted to be parallel to the frame of the instrument. I'm a little under the weather this weekend, and I hope someone else will reply to you on the topic. Could I suggest that you post a couple of photos of the scope and the attachment point. Also, if you could tell the group what you know about the process already, that would help. :)
Frank Reed
