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From: Sean C
Date: 2014 Apr 28, 15:42 -0700
"...the sights I reduced [...] were Lower Limb of the sun, that is to say the 'mirror sun' was BELOW the 'sextant sun'..." -Alan
I think this is the problem. From the Davis instructions:
"In the case of the Sun or Moon, the bottom of the double reflected image is brought into coincidence with the top edge of the image on the liquid for a lower limb observation. For an upper limb observation, the opposite sides are brought into coincidence."
Regards,
Sean C.
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