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The Accuracy of Astronomical Observations at Sea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
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It was with some surprise that I read Commander Sharpey-Schafer's ‘Some Notes on Astronomical Observations at Sea’ (this Journal, Vol. VI, p. 362), especially his conclusions regarding the fixing accuracy obtainable with marine sextant observations. I can makeno claim to be an experienced navigator myself, but, as a member of the staff of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, I was privileged, in 1949, to spend three months as an observer on board H.M.S. Dalrymple, a newly-commissioned surveying ship, under the command of Captain (now Vice-Admiral Sir) A. Day.
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