Dave,

>
>I'm looking for ideas on field-aligning a polar mount for cameras and/or
>small telescopes. I will be travelling to Europe this August for the total
>solar eclipse (see - sundials won't work!), and will be bringing along a
>portable tracking camera mount.
>

My first reaction is why all the bother. I've taken photos with telescopes
at a total eclipse before and the whole thing doesn't last very long, but
more importantly its quite bright so the exposures are not very long, hence
accurate tracking is not needed.

Cheers,
        John

Professor John P.G.Shepherd
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