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Fig. 6: Detail: Polar viewfinder.
Polar finder scope illumination (1)
available seperately.
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Observers on the northern hemishere:
N- 7 a) Determine the rough longitude of your observing site (example: Munich
is 12° E). Now determine the longitude of the time meridian according to your
local time. For the central european time, this is 15° E (do not use daylight sav-
ings). Calculate the difference between both longitudes; in our exampel with
Munich, it is 3°
b
N- 7 b) Now set the secondary scale at your month ring (E 20 10...) to this differ-
ence. If your observing site is east of the time meridian, turn to "E", if it is west
of the meridian, turn to "W". This setting has only to be changed when the
observing site changes by more than 2-3°.
N- 7 c) Loosen the RA setting circle locking screw, turn the setting circle to "0" and
tighten the screw again. In normal operation, this screw should be loose!
N- 7 d) Now loosen the RA lock and turn the RA axis until the actual date at the
month match with the local time. In the picture shown, this would e.g. be
November 24th, 22:00 CET.
N- 7 e) Now adjust the mount using the azimuth and latitude knobs until Polaris fits
into the small circle between 40' and 60'.
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