Thread: Declination
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Old 20-03-2021, 10:41 PM
poider (Peter)
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Declination

Ok, I am bamboozled as usual, when doing polar alignment I live in Southern Adelaide my declination is 7.93 degrees. does this mean when pointing my polar alignment finder and holding the i Phone against the side of the mount, I use the basic I phone compass, do I adjust the mount until the compass reads 172.7 degrees or do I point it to 187.93 degrees or does the I phone compass automatically allow for declination?
I have my pavers set out and get pretty close pretty ease but I am going to Uluru in a few months and want to be able to set up quickly in a new place
Please help.
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