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Originally Posted by astro_nutt
Hi Steve.
I learned that true South in and around Melbourne is about 11.51 degrees West of South. So if your Dec axis is pointing South and the Compass shows it to be 180 degrees, true South would be at 191 degrees! I hope this helps!
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Firstly, the R.A. axis would be pointing south, not the Dec axis. Secondly the magnetic declination for Melbourne is +11degrees 59 minutes, so the R.A. axis would need to point East of 180 degrees, so pretty much 168 degrees magnetic.
