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Sextants in space ;-)
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 May 11, 09:51 -0700
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 May 11, 09:51 -0700
Nerd alert - these images are from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Explorers" and "Suddenly Human" from "The Next Generation."
There is another sextant image at:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Sextant
The caption in the second image therein is obviously wrong; the prop there is something like an azimuth circle or pelorus - it is gimbaled with a pendulous weight on the bottom.
Can anyone tell from the attached images whether these are real instruments (make and model, perhaps), or are they just lookalikes used as props?
Peter Hakel
There is another sextant image at:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Sextant
The caption in the second image therein is obviously wrong; the prop there is something like an azimuth circle or pelorus - it is gimbaled with a pendulous weight on the bottom.
Can anyone tell from the attached images whether these are real instruments (make and model, perhaps), or are they just lookalikes used as props?
Peter Hakel
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