At 10:42 PM 4/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
<snip>
> My question is this, does the
>Tuthill Alignment scope give precise enough polar alignment for
>photography or not? Should you be able to slew from a star on the
>meridian back to Polaris and have it appear dead center of the 9MM
>reticle eyepiece for photography or is this overkill and not needed.
>Randy, I know you use this same setup and would be interested in your
>comments here. Do you find Polaris centered in your eyepiece after
>slewing from overhead back to Polaris or not?
>
>Thanks for anyone's inputs here,
>
>Paul

Paul,

I can't answer your specific question, but be sure that you are using the
offset that Tuthill notes in the product instruction for your position
within your timezone. The laminated sheet with dates/times and index
numbers for the scope is set for the center of a timezone. I forgot about
the additional offset, and Nashville is fairly close to the eastern
timezone, and it would have improved my alignment.

If you did not factor that in, you might retry your experiment.

Chris Dugger

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