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← HistoryOn medieval ships using kamal navigation tools, which limitation rises when sighting near Polaris?
A)Measurement parallax becomes significant✓
B)Instrument shading compromises linearity
C)Air temperature distorts refraction indices
D)Magnetic declination throws off azimuths
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Measurement parallax dominates as the viewing angle becomes acute, because the eye's offset from the string introduces angular error. Therefore, users needed to correct sighting alignment, rather than face issues with temperature, shading or magnetism under those conditions.
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