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Polar Aligning with a webcam

Ever wanted to polar align your telescope in a more accurate method than with you eye? Well you could try a webcam. Webcam astronomy is getting bigger and better all the time. It opens up astrophotography to anyone with a scope and a £100 or so cash to spend. You can get excellent results and you don't need a hideously expensive CCD. Polar Aligning a telescope can be annoying at best but you need to do it well. It can be improved by using a webcam and here (http://www.madpc.net/~firmament/polar_alignment.html) is a good method to do so.

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