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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Feb 7, 15:58 -0800
Carsten Krebs, you wrote (a few days ago):
"Based on orientation of Cassiopeia, Polaris should be below Caph, maybe it's the brighter star left to the right mast [2.8 cm above horizon on my screen], ca 38% of altitude of Caph [7.3 cm above horizon on my screen]. Caph should also be close to upper culmination in that position."
I agree that the star you're seeing there is very useful. I think you'll find that, rather than Polaris, that's a star called Errai, or gamma Cephei. If you picture Cepheus, as some people do, as a little "cartoon" house, then Errai sits at the peak of a high roof. Try that identification, and see what you get for a latitude. Polaris very nearly makes it in-frame, but not quite, I would say.
Frank Reed
PS: Welcome, aboard!