[time-nuts] Crude Survey Technique

[Chris Albertson]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:45 PM,  <TMiller at skylinenet.net> wrote:
> If you want true north, set up a camera that has time or bulb shutter at the south end of your property. Put in a marker stake. take a time exposure at night with the camera facing north. If you expose for about 30 minutes, you will get a landscape with the stars rotating around the north star. You can then mark the north location on your property under the north star.

I vote this suggestion as the winner.  The north ster is offset a
little from the pole but if will make an arc like the others and you
can find it's center.  This method could get you to better than a
degree..
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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California