Polar Alignment Error and Drift Calculator
Polar Alignment Error and Drift: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers alignment error. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Polar Alignment Error and Drift Calculator is a planned calculator in the science section of Super Calculator, covering telescopes.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: alignment error, declination and exposure length.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Drift rate in arcsec per minute from alignment error and declination.
Written for astrophotographers diagnosing field rotation.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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