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I know that setting circles are the usual way of setting azimuth on a dob.
However I have recently used a hand held compass placed on the bottom of the scope azimuth bearing. It has worked really well. I now plan to purchase a Digital Compass to do the same. I believe these compasses can be set to compensate for declination - so it seems a ideal solution.
At present I use a digital level on the altitude and it works fine.
With just a few minutes to set up using a level, the combination of the compass and digital level gives pretty good results. Plenty good enough for visual observing.
Am I barking up the wrong tree? Hope this helps.
Bruce
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