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Re: Kollsman periscopic sextant mount
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2020 Sep 22, 00:43 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2020 Sep 22, 00:43 -0700
I was going to mention that it is much more complicated than simply obtaining sextants calibrated in miliradians. The Almanacs would all need to be changed showing declination and GHA in the same units as well as all charts would need to be converted to show latitude and longitude too.
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Re: Kollsman periscopic sextant mount
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2020 Sep 21, 13:29 -0700
How many milliradians to a "kilometer of latitude"?