Altitude and polar alignment

[Extreme Fencer]

Hi can altitude affect polar alignment?

Just a thought experiment as I watch the snow fall here in Sussex.

If I'm on the beech at sea level and set up my alignment to Polaris at x° latitude and another day setup at the same latitude x° but I'm now at the top of a mountain surely Polaris would be slightly lower in the sky.

I can't believe my HEQ5 Synscan mount knows my altitude from my lat long coordinates.

Assuming a polar alignment has been done using the polar scope.

Any thoughts!

[Capricorn]

Polaris is reckoned to tb 434 light years away, Everest is 29,000 ft.

So the angular change is (9000 mtr)/(434 lightyears), you can convert it your self but you will need a calculator that goes down to a very small number

Angular change = 9000/((434)x(9.4605284 × 10¹⁵)) metres

At small angles you can approxomate Angle = Tan(Angle)

Looking at 2.2X 10^-15

[Jiggy 67]

Polaris is reckoned to tb 434 light years away, Everest is 29,000 ft.

So the angular change is (9000 mtr)/(434 lightyears), you can convert it your self but you will need a calculator that goes down to a very small number

Angular change = 9000/((434)x(9.4605284 × 10¹⁵)) metres

At small angles you can approxomate Angle = Tan(Angle)

Looking at 2.2X 10^-15

WOW!!!!!!!!!

[skir]

Knew I should have paid attention more at school