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The scanning telescope had a 60 degree field of view and 1X magnification, so planets within that field of view would have been visible.
The scanning telescope could be moved +/- 270 degrees in one axis and -5 to +50 degrees in its other axis. It was normally moved simultaneously with the moveable line of sight of the sextant. The large degree of freedom ...
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