|
Yugant,
The program listed gives the time when the sun is exactly due north....
I set up before time (roughly setting the mount polar axis towards the south, and use a spirit level across the head of the EQ mount to position the telescope on one side and the c/w on the other. Then use the dec axis to get close to the altitude of the sun.
You can use a Baader solar filter on the scope (and finder) to view the sun - when it gets close to the meridian do the final adjustments to allow the solar disk to cross the finder crosswire at exactly the program noon time...
Setting the altitude - I made a cardboard template (90-38 = 52 deg) and set this on the mount adjusting until the top was level.
This will get you very close.....
|