new plates

I printed a new version of the polar axis telescope time graduation ring (on the laser printer) and taped it to the Super Polaris (SP) German Equatorial Mount with clear tape, with 0/24 straight up (again, thanks to JB).

As I prepared to make a new declination pointer, I noticed that the Vixen Great Polaris (GP) mount had a vernier scale on its decl. plate; the SP mount doesn't have this feature. So after a bit of fiddling in Adobe Illustrator, I have an upgraded declination vernier plate!



The only thing I couldn't figure out were the Japanese symbols... ;-)

Now my SP mount is ready for polar alignment and more precise use with the setting circles.