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

[Christopher Go <rigel@mozcom.com>]

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BTW, the polar scope is FOR BOTH HEMISPHERES.  You only need to stars for
either hemisphere...

Chris

At 12:56 PM 7/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
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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.
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>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
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>Casady & Greene, Inc.
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Christopher Go
Christone Industries
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