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24 April, 07:05

How was the cross-staff used with stars?

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    Astronomers used the cross-staff for measuring the angle between the directions of two stars ... Ships' officers used it to measure the elevation angle of the noontime Sun above the horizon, which allowed them to estimate their latitude

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