Meade LX70 Series, Instruction Manual

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APPENDIX C:

Latitude Chart

Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the World
To aid in the polar alignment procedure, latitudes of major cities around the world are listed be-
low. To determine the latitude of an observing site not listed on the chart, locate the city closest 
to your site or locate your site on the internet. Then follow the procedure below:

Northern hemisphere observers (N):

 If the site is over 70 miles (110 km) north of the listed 

city, add one degree for every 70 miles. If the site is over 70 miles South of the listed city, sub-
tract one degree per 70 miles.

Southern Hemisphere observers (S):

 If the site is over 70 miles (110 km) north of the listed 

city, subtract one degree for every 70 miles. If the site is over 70 miles South of the listed city, 
add one degree per 70 miles.

NORTH AMERICA
City State/Prov./Country 

Latitude

Albuquerque 

New Mexico 

35° N

Anchorage Alaska 

61° 

N

Atlanta Georgia 

34° 

N

Boston Massachusetts  42° 

N

Calgary Alberta 

51° 

N

Chicago Illinois 

42° 

N

Cleveland Ohio 

41° 

N

Dallas Texas 

33° 

N

Denver Colorado 

40° 

N

Detroit Michigan 

42° 

N

Honolulu Hawaii 

21° 

N

Jackson Mississippi 

32° 

N

Kansas City 

Missouri 

39° N

Kenosha Wisconsin 

45° 

N

Las Vegas 

Nevada 

36° N

Little Rock 

Arkansas 

35° N

Los Angeles 

California 

34° N

Mexico City 

Mexico 

19° N

Miami Florida 

26° 

N

Minneapolis Minnesota 

45° 

N

Nashville Tennessee 

36° 

N

New Orleans 

Louisiana 

30° N

New York 

New York 

41° N

Oklahoma City 

Oklahoma 

35° N

Ottawa Ontario 

45° 

N

Philadelphia Pennsylvania 

40° 

N

Phoenix Arizona 

33° 

N

Portland Oregon 

46° 

N

Salt Lake City 

Utah 

41° N

San Antonio 

Texas 

29° N

San Diego 

California 

33° N

San Francisco 

California 

38° N

Seattle Washington 

47° 

N

Washington 

District of Columbia 

39° N

EUROPE
City Country 

Latitude

Amsterdam Netherlands 

52° 

N

Athens Greece 

38° 

N

Bern Switzerland  47° 

N

Copenhagen Denmark 

56° 

N

Dublin Ireland 

53° 

N

Frankfurt Germany 

50° 

N

Glasgow Scotland 

56° 

N

Helsinki Finland 

60° 

N

Lisbon Portugal 

39° 

N

London England 

51° 

N

Madrid Spain 

40° 

N

EUROPE (continued)
City Country 

Latitude

Oslo Norway 

60° 

N

Paris France 

49° 

N

Rome Italy 

42° 

N

Stockholm Sweden 

59° 

N

Vienna Austria 

48° 

N

Warsaw Poland 

52° 

N

SOUTH AMERICA
City Country 

Latitude

Bogotá 

Colombia 

 4° N

São Paulo 

Brazil 

23° S

Buenos Aires 

Argentina 

35° S

Montevideo Uruguay 

35° 

S

Santiago Chile 

34° 

S

Caracas Venezuela 

10° 

N

ASIA
City Country 

Latitude

Beijing China 

40° 

N

Hong Kong 

China 

23° N

Seoul 

South Korea 

37° N

Taipei Taiwan 

25° 

N

Tokyo Japan 

36° 

N

Sapporo Japan 

43° 

N

Bombay India 

19° 

N

Calcutta India 

22° 

N

Hanoi Vietnam 

21° 

N

Jedda Saudi 

Arabia  21° 

N

AFRICA
City Country 

Latitude

Cairo Egypt 

30° 

N

Cape Town 

South Africa 

34° S

Rabat Morocco 

34° 

N

Tunis Tunisia 

37° 

N

Windhoek Namibia 

23° 

S

AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
City State/Country 

Latitude

Adelaide South 

Australia  35° 

S

Brisbane Queensland 

27° 

S

Canberra 

New South Wales 

35° S

Alice Springs 

Northern Territory 

24° S

Hobart Tasmania 

43° 

S

Perth Western 

Australia 

32° 

S

Sydney 

New South Wales 

34° S

Melbourne Victoria 

38° 

S

Auckland 

New Zealand 

37° S

Figure 44: 

Latitude for major cities