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Re: sextant mirror adjustment
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 May 9, 21:58 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 May 9, 21:58 -0700
Charles,
A distant shore of two miles or more is good enough for checking index error (height of eye of 4 ft.). Remember if your index error is on the arc subtract and if it is off the arc add. Try using a star and line the two images up. A little bit of side error is ok.
Greg Rudzinski
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