Is this compass, 27CS, balanced for the Northern Hemisphere? What does CS stands for?
61336
Forgot to add, claim shell is the type of packaging or how it folds up...like a clam.
61337
Yes, this model is balanced for the Northern Hemisphere. That was something I contacted the company about prior. They actually charge a little bit more to get one balanced for the Southern Hemisphere. There are two versions, the 27 and 27 CS. The CS just stands for claim shell, the type of packaging. The CS model also comes with a nice 10 page book teaching you all kinds of things if you are newer to compasses and such. The model set for the Southern Hemisphere is 27SH instead of the base 27.
61338
i believe it is balanced for the Northern Hemisphere. not sure what CS stands for.
61339
I am unable to answer your question about the CS, but it was given as a gift and the recipient lives in New England, and it works well so, yes, for northern hemisphere.
1810016
for adjusting declination, depending on where you live you need to adjust for magnetic north. There is an adjustment screw on the back
419995
No, it is not. The way it works is instead of a combination of motors moving the scope around, You move the scope around. You align it with the calibration stars you choose by manually pushing it. Once everything is correct it will tell you how far to move in either axis on the hand controller. It's a great way to get into the hobby because it teaches you the positioning of all the stars and celestial objects!
2259065
Yes it works - it gives the northern direction and you orient the watch face and use like any other compass..
2027687
No, there is not. Magnetic declination is changed on the US military compass by adding degrees for west declination, converting from grid azimuth to magnetic azimuth, and subtracting for east declination. Reverse the process to convert back.
1440426
Jimmy, I don't see a clinometer on the one I got. If it did have one it probably wouldn't work any better than the rest of the compass. I suggest you go to the suunto site and look into the MC-2 series and get a real compass. You will pay more, but you will have something that works and you could depend on if you needed it.
1020314
The manufactured date can be found on the inside of the compass cover next to the sight wire. In most cases it will be displayed as a series of 3 pairs of numbers: ## ## ## This format stands for the year, month, and lot number. For example: If the compass was made in January of 2004 the date would be displayed 04 01 77. The lot number 77 is a generic number for compasses made outside of a government contract. On some compasses, the date would be displayed as the year followed by the Julian date. The Julian date is simply the number of days that has passed in a given year 1-365. This would be displayed as a single number followed by three numbers: # ### For example: If a compass was made on the first of January, 1994 the date would be displayed as 4 001. If a compass was made on the last day of December, 1993 the date would be displayed as 3 365
1576385
The Celestron SkyScout has connection to GPS Satelites. It gives Latitude and Longitude of your location. But, the directions you will have to use a regular compass to know which direction it is that you are pointing too. But, it does give very good information.
557192
No don't buy it, it is not very accurate ... one time it will point North and next time it might point anywhere. Spent a little money and buy a good one.
826816
I do not recall anything about calibration and I no longer have it. After spending two days with very unusual readings, I threw it in the trash. I purchased a used military compass which still works after 30 years.
2098156
There is a barely noticeable seam along the equator of the globe. The seam runs horizontally across the globe if you are looking at it when it is resting on the neck.
506374
I'm not to sure, I've never heard of a standard outside globe before. Sorry.
929222
I have put the compass on the dash, to the left of the steering wheel. Now if only I could get it to be more accurate than 35 degrees!
423978
The globe is current as far as my experience so far. It is an excellent value. I highly recommend the gimbal feature that makes details in the southern hemisphere easier to examine.
1718249
The compass only seems to function for a 5 degree range of looking "up hill or down hill". Any more elevation than that and my Barska compass seems to "drag" and be very inaccurate.
673632
Both existing answers are correct, because you can select the base, 78, or the compass/barometer, 78s, or the compass/barometer with US charts, 78sc, at the top of the listing.
301590
This model can only display in "feet" and "F" for temperature. I also have the other model with skiing function. The ski model can only display in meter and "C" for temperature. If you need compass, only the ski model has it. I wish both models can display all the functions on the same watch. There is another quite alike model at Amazon which said to have compass and jogging. What I really looking for is compass+jogging but I like if someone can confirm this.