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Re: Kollsman periscopic sextant mount
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2019 Mar 30, 14:41 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2019 Mar 30, 14:41 -0700
On 2019-03-30 14:01, David Pike wrote: > I have a feeling you can observe the Sun with a bubble Kollsman without any power at all, but I might be wrong. You're not wrong. Sun observations are no problem. Neither power nor mount is needed. Just hold the sextant in your hands. Its weight can get a little bothersome if you run the averager for the full two minutes, however.