Re: leveling a tripod

[Chris L Peterson]

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>.

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Chris L Peterson
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