Celestaire also has, I believe, an Astro Compass which can locate compass
points accurately using the sun. Basically you set the device for the LHA
and Dec and rotate it until the sun casts a shadow between two locating
bars. The Astro Compass in the catalog is a bit pricey but I picked one up
Tony Moss wrote:
Fernando Cabral wrote:
At first it came as a suprise to find that different
compasses will show completely different readings. 2, 3, 5 or even 10 degrees
east or west are quite common.
In my collection of oddities I have a small compass that may have been
repaired or
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Silas Higgon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Hello dialists,
I am a newcomer to the internet and have been following your discussions
with interest. I am a dial maker and am sometimes asked to make a
wall-dial for another country. If I am sent a compass bearing for the
