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Star Finder
Catalogue number:
2003.0331.03
Inscriptions:
"Simex STAR FINDER AND IDENTIFIER / FORMERLY USN HO
2102-D / Coast Navigation School / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA"
Dimensions:
diameter 8.5 inches
Discussion:
Like the Rude star finder, the Simex has a white plastic planisphere with the northern sky on one side and the southern on the other; nine clear plastic altitude-azimuth templates for use at different latitudes up to 85o north and south; a clear plastic meridian angle template; an instruction card; and a cardboard envelope. Captain Sven T. Simonsen, a commander of Army Transportation Corps vessels during World War II, established the Coast Navigation School in the post-war period, and marketed Simex instruments.
Further Information:
Simex
Star Finder
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