Sunday, June 15, 2014

Setting circle

I found the template for the setting circle on the CloudyNights forum.  After saving it to a memory stick, I took it to staples to have it printed and laminated.  I used thin double sided tape to stick it to the top of the base board.


 I cut a notch out of the base with a hole saw, painted it black then used a finishing nail as the pointer.


I double sided taped a bubble level to the inside of the base for leveling. A compass is used align the everything to true North and the base is turned until the setting circle is at 0 under the pointer.  A Wixey digital angle gauge on the telescope is used for elevation.


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