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Subject: Re: [M]: Meade Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Jul 17 00:00:33 1997

At 11:50 PM -0700 7/16/97, Balthasar Indermuehle wrote:
>... 4 seconds of time per arc minute...
>Hmmm. I would have thought this depends on the declination where you are
>looking at...

Yes, of course. 4 seconds/arcminute is valid only near the celestial equator.

This time of year, Theta Aquilae is a good star to use for drift timings.
But you won't be off by very much if you use Altair.

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