sextant error
sextant error
[′sek·stənt ‚er·ər] (navigation)
The error in sextant readings caused by sources other than its operator or physical phenomena; some of these errors are prismatic, collimation, perpendicularity of horizon glass, and perpendicularity of index mirror. Also known as octant error.
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