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Old February 12th 07, 12:43 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Eugene Griessel
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Default We found Saturn!

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Thanks for the tips on locating Saturn.


If you want to build yourself a rough angle estimator - and I mean
rough - get a piece of white cardboard and cut three cutouts in it
along the edge.
One of four inches, one of two and one of 1 inch. Make a hole in the
center and thread a 23 inch length of string through it.
Hold the one end of the string under your eye and extend the cardboard
to the full length of the string. The 4 inch notch is a 10 degree
angle, the 2 inch a 5 degree and the 1 inch a 2 and a half degree
angle. Use this on the sky a while and you will soon be able to
estimate angles without it.

Eugene L Griessel

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