Re: [APML]: [APML] GM-8 Polar Alignment Scope

["Robin Casady" <rcasady@CarmelCoast.com>]

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>three star alignment ? Polaris and a "second star" (Delta UMi ??) are 
>needed for the
>Northern hemisphere. They should be located where "Place ... here" is etched on the
>reticle.

I use three stars in the Northern Hemisphere. There is another solid line
with a gap, like the one for the second star; a third star goes in this gap.
Alignment is more accurate if all three stars are used.

Robin Casady
http://www.CarmelCoast.com

Casady & Greene, Inc.
http://www.casadyg.com