Polar Alignment - First Light: JMI NGT-12.5
Archer Sully (archer@No-Spam)
Thu, 29 Jun 1999 21:35:11 -0600
Robert MacKay wrote:
>
> Yes, that makes sense.
>
> If I remember correctly, on my polar scope there is a circle in the middle
> and on that circle is a little circle that you place polaris in. It will
> then be properly offset from the dead center of the alignment scope
>
> By doing this, how close of a polar alignment would you estimate one can
> achieve?
>
Polaris is ~45' from the pole, so you could be off by as much as
1.5 degrees, or as close as a (very) few arc minutes, depending
on which way you err'd. Check your scope again, I bet that it
has a couple other targets, either that or some sort of setting
circle to properly orient the reticle.
-- archer