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Re: accurate sextant
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2008 Feb 21, 11:24 -0800
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2008 Feb 21, 11:24 -0800
Dear Sara and Dan I second Alex's views about Russian sextants, having had the opportunity to examine, overhaul and calibrate both the ones he mentions. I think the SNO-T(sometimes designated SNO-T) is probably the best nautical sextant ever made. Mechanically, it is sound and the optics, by Zeiss, are superb. The SNO-M is not quite so easy to use for the beginner as it has only one telescope, a x6 that gives on inverted image, but it is somewhat cheaper than the the SNO-T. The telescope is the same as the SNO-T's, which also has a Galilean 3 x 42. Both may still be had for well under US$400 on e-bay. Bill Morris On Feb 21, 2:24�pm, Alexandre E Eremenkowrote: > Sara and Dan, > > > I am looking for a really good used sextant > > in the under $400 range. > > I can think of only one possibility to get such a sextant > that satisfies your conditions. > Buy an SNO-T from a Russian/Ukrainian/Baltic > seller on e-bay. > > The general agreement (at least on this list) seems to > be that this is a "high quality sextant". That is comparable > to Freiberger, Cassens-Plath and Tamaya. > For a NEW Freiberger/Cassens/Plath or Tamaya you expect to > pay well over $1000. And an SNO-T can be still bought "new" > on E-bay, in the sense that it is made in 1980-s but still > in the factory packaging and not used. > > They are frequently available on E-bay for $300+ > but you pay a non-trivial amount for shipping and > money transfer. (They don't accept PayPal > or credit cards). These Russian/Ukrainian/Baltic > sellers > seems to be honest and reliable and I can recommend you > one or two which I personally tested. > > Alex. > > P.S. If you are not a "high precision"/Lunars fan, > and if you are satisfied with the accuracy needed for > the "usual small boat navigation" you may consider also > the older Russian model, SNO-M. It is of more traditional > design, and cann be bought even cheaper on e-bay. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---