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Old 08-05-2014, 05:14 PM
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You need to set the altitude of your mount to your latitude (it should go lower than 26, maybe there is a step function?), and the azimuth pointing towards the south celestial pole. You don't need to get it exactly right for visual - just approximately, then alignment should take care of any errors that you'd notice in the eyepiece. This is not an alt-az mount, remember, it's an EQ!
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