Northern Polar Alignment
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About Northern Polar Alignment
Step 1: To obtain Polaris Culmination Time in your position, please insert date, time-zone and longitude.
Step 2: Rotate AR axis to simulate the Polaris culmination and then fix the axis. As a result Polaris has to appear in the lower part of the Polar Finder (Image 1).
Step 3: Rotate AR Graduated Circle until Polar Culmination Time matches the Polar Finder's position (step 2) and fix it.
Step 4: Rotate AR Axis in order to intercept the pointing time on AR Graduated Circle.
Step 5: Align Polaris (Image 2).
Step 2: Rotate AR axis to simulate the Polaris culmination and then fix the axis. As a result Polaris has to appear in the lower part of the Polar Finder (Image 1).
Step 3: Rotate AR Graduated Circle until Polar Culmination Time matches the Polar Finder's position (step 2) and fix it.
Step 4: Rotate AR Axis in order to intercept the pointing time on AR Graduated Circle.
Step 5: Align Polaris (Image 2).
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More downloads Northern Polar Alignment reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
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What are users saying about Northern Polar Alignment
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by X####:
by X####:
This is a very basic app to simplify the process of polar alignment on a German Equatorial Mount for a telescope. You may find that help from someone used to polar aligning 'scopes is needed unless you can find a detailed set of instructions on the 'net. :)
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by K####:
by K####:
Doesn't appear to be accurate. Only accepts longitude in degrees.
by Z####:
I'd give it no stars but you can't. Severely lacking in features. You have to manually input your time, date and location. Why can't that be pulled from the GPS?