Re: [APML] [OT] Polar alignment on the equator

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

I would vote that it doesn't matter. That said, you would find the mount
configuration odd looking (a fork mount would be riot).

Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emmanuele Sordini" <vega@bloomingstars.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: [APML] [OT] Polar alignment on the equator


> Hi list,
> a friend of mine posed a question which I is a little off-topic here, but
I
> thought somebody could solve this small puzzle.
>
> Here it goes: if you take your telescope to some place lying just _right_
> on the equator (0° latitude), where would you point your mount to polar
> align it, north or south?
> I would say it really doesn't matter, because then you have both celestial
> poles exactly 180° apart on the local horizon (height: 0°). If you travel
> north or south even a very short distance, then you'll have to align
toward
> the north or south pole respectively, even if either pole is a dab above
> the horizon.
>
> Am I right, or wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Emmanuele Sordini
>
>
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