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Old 13-03-2011, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr View Post
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!!!
Yes, good pickup David! In fact it's probably around 85 arcsecs so I guess my PA is waaaaay off . Some folks say it's better to split the difference anyway and place the altitude between the true and refracted pole ... so ... errr ... that was my plan all along, so I'm spot on!!
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