Hello IIS
I have a Celestron 5se goto telescope. I want to start using it for astrophotography and long exposures.
Normally the telescope is an Alt-azimuth mount. But there is a build in wedge in the telescope so it can be used as an equatorial alignment.
I have had a look online and have a rough idea of how to align the telescope. Please correct me if I am wrong.:
Step 1 – Using a compass, face the tripod south.
Step 2 - level the tripod.
Step 3 – put the telescope on the tripod facing South
Step 4 – wedge the telescope to an angle of 40 degrees
Step 5 – on the keypad use equatorial south align
This will track objects as the move throughout the sky..
This is my reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C512paK4kl4&t=147s