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Old 13-03-2011, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies View Post
RMS pointing is down to 15.7 arcsecs for the whole sky (between 35 and 85 degrees altitude) and polar alignment is within 10 arcsecs in azimuth and 25 arcsecs or so of the refracted pole in altitude (nominally around 75 arcsecs above the true pole for my location).
OMG, No, no, no Marcus!!! The refracted pole is nominally over 80 arc seconds above the true pole for your location!!! This means that your alignment may be too low by over 30 arc seconds!!!
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