This might be a slightly odd request but this is the fediverse after all…
Does anyone have a sextant I can borrow?
I want to have some navigation-related activities for a workshop later in the month and this would be fun.
@rachel
Unfortunately, you are on the wrong side of the planet to loan you my sad Davis Mark 3 practice sextant!
For a while 15 years ago, I was shooting the sun from my back yard, using a pan of water as an artificial horizon, getting twice the real elevation.
Then using an ephemeris to see where the sun was directly overhead, and calculating how far away my position must be...
Do you think you could find a #sextant to borrow locally?
Perhaps with a navigator to teach its use?