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Old 07-04-2017, 06:08 PM
issdaol (Phil)
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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post
These apps are very inaccurate. Get a real one which costs about $30-$50, I have one which measures to 0.1 degree and use it for my Dobson.
I have a professional dedicated one and I also use a couple of apps on my iPhone.

The iPhone apps when compared with polar alignment using pole-master were so close it was negligible.

Where I was out with the iPhone was the true-south compass direction not inclination.

So I would give the free app try first as well.

But as dedicated inclinometer should in theory be better......
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