Here's the Sextant inserted into the Obs-Scope.
I stopped at a British base, and asked them to modify the optics to something more suitable. The result is as follows.
The 1 degree divisions are now 16 pixels (instead of 17
). This results in a slightly wider FOV ~ 2 degrees (I'm Skipper here and what I say goes - No arguments to the contrary..
). The FOV is scaled to compensate for this.
Doing this enables the vertical (sextant) scale to be manhandled more easily.
Preliminary Users guide :-
- Place Horizon reference on sea horizon and measure angle.
- For angles above 60, swing scope vertical to 90 and read in reverse (One has a 0.5 Degree compensation here - Nothing I can do... it's a game visual problem)
- Sextant is red, so you can see it at night.
One of the gazillion tests...
Don't forget that Polaris is 0.5 degrees from North, Along the line from Cassiopeia
That's the scope done... Now down to the Almanacs...
Later..
