Which limitation impacts calculations in 18th-century double sextant observations?

💡 Explanation

Atmospheric refraction causes errors on sextant data via apparent bending of light; because observations rely on accurate angular measurements, therefore refraction introduces systemic inaccuracies rather than parallax that could be mitigated during measurement.

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