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Re: body not aligned with reflection in artificial horizon
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 Nov 25, 14:10 -0500
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2007 Nov 25, 14:10 -0500
Thomas, True to a point but you can also be out of alignment by a bit and still see the reflection in the pan. In any event, I was grasping at straws on this one. David indicated that he had already performed the necessary adjustments to his sextant. cheers Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Kleemann"To: Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: [NavList 4084] Re: body not aligned with reflection in artificial horizon > > Robert Eno wrote: > >> level. But you also indicated that this problem is occurring in a pan of >> water which is self-levelling. Try shifting your position so that the >> sun, >> the pan of oil and you, are all in a straight line. >> > > Excuse me for bouncing in. > > In my understanding one can only see a reflection in the pan > if already aligned. > I'd bet on the horizon mirror adjustment. > > David, you might try to check the index correction star-star; > in the process you see, if there is the same misalignment. > > Thomas. > > -- > I am no navigator, but an interested layman. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---