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Re: body not aligned with reflection in artificial horizon
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 Nov 24, 21:28 -0500
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 Nov 24, 21:28 -0500
David Try rocking the sextant as you would for a sea horizon observation. This should do the trick, unless I have misunderstood your question Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "landlocked"To: "NavList" Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: [NavList 4064] body not aligned with reflection in artificial horizon > > Even after adjusting my sextant as well as I can for perpendicularity > and side error, I still have the following problem when using an > artificial horizon: When I bring the body down to the horizon > (regardless of whether it's a pan of water or a mirror), the "brought- > down" body is well to the left of the body reflected in the artificial > horizon. Have I not corrected enough for perpendicularity? What > other error might this be? > > David C. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---