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Originally Posted by glend
?he reason thatvthe notch is usually cutout under the tubr and atvthe front of the scope is so that you know the azimuth degree thwtvit is pointing. If you put the notch domewhere else you will need to do a calculwtion every time you point the scope to w new heading gained from a software package like Skysafari, etc.
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I know but if you offset it by 90, it's still reading 0 at north with no calculating whatsoever. just means no walking back and forth to the eyepiece when realigning az.
instead of 0 being north 0 is on the west side by sticking down the setting circle that way ... but it's still showing what way the telescope is heading.
basically it's like this, the outside would be my setting circle and notch cutout at 0.
ps feel free to leave cartons of beer at that location