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Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Sextant
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the Sextant which was used by the Nantucket whale ships to calculate their position while at sea. NASA is thinking of equipping their astronauts with Sextants just in case.
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