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What do you do if horizon is not reliable?
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2019 May 18, 01:51 -0700
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2019 May 18, 01:51 -0700
Hello!
Yesterday evening I saw a massive "fata morgana" all over the horizon. Attempts to take sights resulted in "away" intercepts of ~16 miles.
What to do in such a situation? Just wait till refraction conditions normalise? Is a bubble sextant a solution?
Regards,
Tony
60°N 30°E