Re:Polar Alignment

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Posted by Roy Hughes at 12:32 on 2011 Mar 12

SkyMap has alpha UMi at Dec 0 degrees and altitude +52 degrees from London so+52 deg. ( = latitude) up from the N horizon seems right.I’ve just stuck a clinometer on my equatorial (set up 35 years ago!) and confirmed it.