Simex Star Finder
notes: label: Description
content: 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 85° 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. This inscription on this example reads "Simex STAR FINDER AND IDENTIFIER / FORMERLY USN HO 2102-D / Coast Navigation School / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Navigation
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roger Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0331.03
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0331.03
label: accession number
content: 2003.0331
objectType: label: Object Name
content: star finder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .4064 cm x 24.765 cm; 5/32 in x 9 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 24.765 cm