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Originally Posted by PeterEde
....Lots to learn and it's bloody cold
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Welcome to astronomy ... heheheh.
I marked three spots out on my driveway for tripod legs and had a levelling bar underneath two of the feet so I could repeat the positioning.
I did a solar noon sighting with a plumb bob to get an accurate Nth/Sth line first for the nthern most foot then squared that for the two sthrn feet. Also did it when I put the pier in for the Observatory.
Who needs all this modern gadgetry ..??
( I confess I used my tablet with an Inclinometer app to confirm the dec right although I did make up a large scale degree circle and a plumb bob again to first do it. )