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Tripods for sextants
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2024 Jan 7, 15:07 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2024 Jan 7, 15:07 -0500
The discussion of 10x telescopes brings up the use of tripods and artificial horizons to get good time sights and perhaps meridian passage. Does anybody have a diagram or photo of a tripod setup for a sextant? I have been rather unsuccessful in getting improved sights myself, Thanks, Fred Hebard