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Re: Side error and cylinders
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Aug 28, 10:28 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Aug 28, 10:28 -0700
The Russian SNO-T sextant comes with two little "L" shaped pieces that are used like the cylinders for checking the sextant mirror. See the manual for this sextant that I posted before at:
http://www.fer3.com/arc/img/103181.cho-t%20sextant%20manual.pdf
This translation calls them "diopters" and their use is explained on page 13 and 14.
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