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Re: MK IXA sextant
From: David Pike
Date: 2017 Jun 16, 09:20 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2017 Jun 16, 09:20 -0700
Don’t know the difference. They have the mechanical averager drum sticking out from the bottom.
ken
Ken
Ken
The M stands for magnifier, for easier star shots, Instead of the single fixed eyepiece, the M models had a two eyepieces on a bar which could be pulled out slightly against a spring and rotated through 180 degrees to change from what I believe was x1 to x2 magnification. DaveP
