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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
If that is the location for the SCP in year 2000, won't it have precessed about 3.3' since then? If so in which direction would this be in this photo? ie where on that DSS photo is the SCP now in 2010?
Mike
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The scope is aligned parallel to the earth's axis and is fixed to the solid ground, so precession does not affect your alignment--the scope moves with the earth as it precesses and always points to the changing scp.
Geoff