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Polar alinment with out a polar star, EQ mount

Started by frainiea, 06/14/2004 02:26PM
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Posted 06/14/2004 02:26PM Opening Post
Ed Fraini
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From my back yard I have a large arc of sky to explore but because of trees I can not see the north star. Is there a way to get the alignment using two bright stars manually, like the GPS units apparently do? (orion 8" reflector)
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Ricky Hunter
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Hi Ed,
This is just a thought...you could use a compass to get a rough polar alignment then drift align on a star to get a final alignment.

Best regards,
Ricky Hunter
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