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Old 16-11-2012, 02:55 PM
Marcus
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
That site assumes you are whereever the office of your ISP is located. For Australia, GA has the official figures.

Caulfield, Victoria
Requested: Latitude -37o 53' 00", Longitude 145o 2' 00", Elevation 0 km, Date 2012/11/16
Calculated: Latitude -37.8833o, Longitude +145.0333o, Elevation 0.00 km, Epoch 2012.8743

Magnetic Field Components
D = 11.574 deg
dD = -0.006 deg/yr
I mean 'not quite' as I was pointing off to the left but could only tell using a DSLR photo due to LP.

I just want to check whether its 180 MINUS 11.574 = 169 not plus, i take it it is. Obviously i need to get a better compass than the one in my iPad. Having fixed my finderscope I will try a drift align next.
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