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Article #3771Re: Super Polaris vs. Classic C8?
From: Greg Porr
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:17
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:17
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In article <1550033@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway) writes: >The fork-mounted C8s have setting circles that are *much* larger >and easier to read than those on the Super Polaris mount. If the >use of setting circles to locate objects is important to you, the >C8 on the fork mounting may be desirable. There's something else you should know about the Super Polaris setting circles. The Right Ascension circle does not travel with the drive, so it needs to be re-aligned with an object whose R.A. is known, each time you want to move to a new coordinate. I don't have one (I have the Powerstar C8), but the owner's manual gives instructions for all the scopes, so that's how I found this out. -- Greg Porr (Greg.Porr@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM)
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!korg3.columbiasc.ncr.com!greg From: greg@korg3.columbiasc.ncr.com (Greg Porr) Subject: Re: Super Polaris vs. Classic C8? Message-ID: <1993Jan11.171702.7496@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> Nntp-Posting-Host: korg3.columbiasc.ncr.com Organization: NCR Corp, MCPD-Columbia, Columbia, SC References: <1993Jan7.111200.701@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> <1550033@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 22:17:01 GMT Lines: 16