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Old 29-11-2007, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnH View Post
I can see how this method gets your OTA pointing at the SCP but the precision of the mounts aligmenet will then be 100 dependant on the accuracy of your setting circles and the precision with which you can read them....I don't think this would be better than +-1deg would it?
Yeah John, you need to make sure (via setting circles or any other method you can devise) that your scope is perpendicular to the mounts polar axis. Then it works a treat, but this method is totally dependant on the scope being perpendicular.
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