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Originally Posted by Starkler
I'll certainly do the daytime alignment of the polar scope, but i doubt pointing upward at 38 degrees Im going to find any distant reference object so a close one will have to do  Thanks for the Tip Darryl and thanks Terry also for the verbose replies. |
Hi Geoff - you don't have to have the scope's altitude approximating your latitude to do the reticle alignment. If I'm sounding "knowledgable" (as well as verbose!) let me say that even though we have the Willunga escarpment behind and around us here at Sellicks Beach, and I was up on my ob platform several metres above the ground with a very tall radar tower atop the hills, I was becoming agitated because of the same concerns!
Untill I did the unthinkable: when all else fails read the manual - which made me realize I could set the polar axis into a horizontal position and align the reticle in the most comfortable of positions!
Regards, Darryl.