|
SCP direction table
Good morning. I have been doing a bit of searching on how to set up my telescope to the south celestial pole before I start using it. One site says (after preliminary setting up):
-once found south using compass (magnetic south) align scope with compass to have pointing in same direction.
-when done, turn scope to either east or west according to the SCP table. Well, Tasmania was left off the table on their site and I can't find one anywhere.
-set altitude on scope according to latitude
So, I am asking for some help here.
-once I have a table, I can use my compass to turn the scope either east or west to start sky watching.
-do I then turn the RA to match the co-ordinates for a specific star or planet according to star charts once all that has been done? Ie 46 deg, 45 min, 23 sec?
I hope all that makes sense.
Thank you.
|