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Originally Posted by Isdonisgood
There is a huge stickied thread on the reflector forum on Cloudy Nights that has much info about manual setting circles for Dobs, and includes a PDF file with a large degree wheel which you scale up and down to suit.
You'll also find info on the different methods people have come up with for getting altitude readings to go with your Az
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Paul Shopis is allready fitting this system to his 12" binoculars. Hes had a plan shop scale that azimuth circle and fitting a magnifier with LED so the azimuth circle can be read from standing position. He's allready purchased the 0.1 degree resolution digital inconometer. Total cost of the project I think will be about $120.
Its great to see people finding cheap and innovative ways to do these sorts of things things like scope pointing. If you have a notebook or Pocket PC running good sky chart software it makes a lot of sense. You can call up photos of the object as awell as its alt and az , which really adds to the experience.