dray:

Thanks for the comment, but my question was not on
polar alignment, it was on OTA alignment, (basically
talking about tests to show if the OTA optical axis
lines up with the fork's mechanical axis) and how
close it needs to be for photography. Sorry for
any confusion in my post.

Thanks,
Greg


>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:55:11 -0700
>Subject: Re: [M]: How close is "close enough" OTA alignment?
>
>First off Polaris is not dead center for polar alignment. There are
>several references to doing a polar alignment with using the drift
>method. Go to the mapug site http://www.mapug.com/ Do a search. Put in
>polar alignment take the first reference it give you and read those
>articles they are better at telling you how than I can.
>
>dray
>

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