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lineout
16-10-2007, 06:17 AM
Has anyone had any experience with something called the Alignmate Pro? It's an aid to help alignment of telescopes:

http://www.astro-engineering.com/ETX/alignmateproarti.html

Cheers

Terry B
16-10-2007, 05:44 PM
I have no experience with this item but it seems like a gadget for gadgets sake. I don't fond it terribly hard to plonk the scope down and level it with a bubble level and south isn't to hard to find with a polar scope. Absolute accuracy is very rarely needed and I find it hard to believe this item would be more accurate than a level and the polar scope.