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Old 29-06-2008, 01:14 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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I have been advised not to use alignment stars anywhere close to the pole, eg acrux, hadar et-al are not good choices for an eq mount as small errors in centering get magnified.

Same deal with an alt-az mount except in that case its zenith that you want to avoid.
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