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Old 21-09-2010, 09:38 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by ghsmith45 View Post
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
Yeh I was aware of this Geoff, I was just fishing for a Gerdes SCP location map to help me polar align my NJP mount using its Polar finder scope and as usual Barry delivered! Thanks Barry

Mike
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