NAVIGATING BY LESSER STARS WITH NEW SEXTANT
iM-il Wednesday, S.5 p.m. I.OXlioX, .Jan. J5. . i :t\ igal ors are using a new wiih a teleseopic eyejiiece en- - ho':o to plnt an aircraft's po.si •' *he jiiil of the less prominent nys The Titnes' aeronautical eor Stars siich as Polaris, - alton t 404 light vears away •' ' iiO'h i-ould previously lie used for •• wai tonal purjioses only under the •' U'Xonialile conditions, can now be --•••! 't i ■ it greater ease and iniproved o'on ,.\en in niistv weather. I ■ in w scxtant has a twin-iens tele- ' uiving a magnilication of two M' •■•.•rs. This reduees the iield of 1,1 w oi the sky to lialf, but the stars •■'■i !>e soen l'our tinies as brightlv. The -■•opii; evepieee is mounted along "••a- tiie standard. The navigator iocates star through tlie norinai eyepieco •' llien swings the teleseopic oue on " "h" position to obtain a reading.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1947, Page 5
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