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Subject: RE: [M]: Southern Polar Alignment - A Recap
From: John Mahony
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Wed Dec 03 00:43:20 2003

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

>
>Now my goto's are pretty close. Not quite as good when I set up in alt/az,
>but now just on the edge (or better) of my 24mm EP. I guess I just have to
>refine my alignment a bit more, but I'm pretty happy now!

Is that a wide field EP? "Just on the edge" of a mid-power EP is usable for
visual but marginal compared to what the scope should be capable of. Since
you already know the "rotate in RA" trick to confirm that you're really at
90° dec during the alignment proceedure, the next step, if you can't get it
much better by being more careful with the alignment, is to check the
squareness of the mount. I have a page on this at
<geocities.com/jmmahony/LX10/forkalign.html>.
-John

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