Which error increases when a historical marine sextant's horizon mirror develops significant parallax?

💡 Explanation

When parallax increases in the horizon mirror, angular deviation occurs because two offset images do not perfectly align, leading to larger angular errors, especially pronounced at steep angles. Therefore error at high object elevations results, rather than alternatives based on added weight, frame bending or low illumination effects, which are unrelated to parallax.

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