Re: Initial Setup of the Mount
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tripods is aluminum, which is non-magnetic
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LMAO!
Holy cow, am I an idiot or what?? I should have known this! I hope my new
question doesn¡¯t show off more of my ¡°brilliance¡±..
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What¡¯s
that quote?? ¡°It¡¯s better to have people think you are a Fool than to open your
mouth and remove all doubt¡± or something of the sort.. I blame it on the stress
of losing my ¡°observatory¡±..
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Derek
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Niles
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
1:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io]
Initial Setup of the Mount
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Most of the metal in our
mounts and tripods is aluminum, which is non-magnetic. As for the rest, just
take the compass a few feet away from the mount, sight some distant object
roughly in the direction of true north, then set up the mount using that as a
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On Jan 15, 2020, at 1:14
PM, Derek C Breit <breit_ideas@...> wrote:
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That¡¯s
not necessary, Chuck, as it is simple enough to Google ¡°Magnetic Declination¡±..
I won¡¯t end up far enough from where I already live for it to be an issue
anyway.. (I have to move from my nearly perfect Astronomy location..)
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But
I see it is already obvious that everyone *does* use a compass in proximity to
the mount.. That¡¯s what I wanted to know, as I thought that wouldn¡¯t work
because of all the metal..
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:-))
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Derek
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This is for
anyone who regularly ¡°goes mobile¡± to do Astrophotography.. How do *you*
determine how to initially place the tripod??
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I envision putting
the mount in the center of the Azimuth adjustment range, but when you go to a
location you have never been before, how do you determine where the tripod
should be pointing?? I would be seriously bummed if I assemble the whole
system, tried to polar align, and run out of adjustment so that I would have to
disassemble and rotate the tripod..
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Can you
just place a compass on the tripod and use that, taking magnetic declination
into account?? I would think the metal in the tripod would make the compass
inaccurate??
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Anywho.. I
would like to know the various methods people use..
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Derek
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