Re: leveling a tripod

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Chris L Peterson wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2006 00:18:09 -0700, "atasselli@xxxxxxxxxxx"
> <atasselli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Stephen Paul wrote:
>
> >> The polar axis of a mount is an imaginary line that extends from the
> >> azimuth pivot of the mount to the celestial pole. Everything in the sky
> >> rotates around this axis.
> >
> >The azimuth pivot is the axis the equatorial head rotates about when
> >adjusting the azimuth. It is NOT the RA axis which is the one that
> >needs to be aligned to the celestial polar axis.
>
> While what Stephen wrote is a little ambiguous, I'm pretty sure the
> polar axis he was referring to was the RA axis and not the azimuth axis.
> The only error in his comment was the statement that this axis extends
> from the azimuth pivot.
>
> Your own comment is at least as ambiguous <g>.

There are only two points (virtual, that is) on earth where my
statement isn't accurate.

Andrea T.