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Old 13-03-2018, 09:08 AM
kens (Ken)
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Most polarscopes these days work in both hemispheres but are beter in the north.
Polar aligning with a polarscope in the southern hemisphere is a pain as the alignment stars are not easily identifiable.
If you are intending visual only then just use a compass and inclinometer. If you want better alignment then follow up with a drift alignment suing the eyepiece.
If you are imaging then use any of the available applications that support polar alignment - I use PHD2. If you are imaging with just a DSLR then try he DARV method.
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