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Subject: Re: [M]: How close is "close enough" OTA alignment?
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Wed Aug 30 00:17:36 2000

While you're here, how about checking out the Astronomy Book List ?


> First off Polaris is not dead center for polar alignment.

Right. It's about 44 arc minutes from the pole. that's more than the
actual field of view with your 26mm eyepiece.

But the good news is that your scope is probably fine :-)

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Emerald Hills, CA USA http://nineplanets.org/



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