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Ok guys here is what I'm close to buying. decided to go a bit further and buy something that will lead to astro photography and also fairly portable.
I'm considering a Skywatcher Ed80 refractor on a EQ3 mount. Down the track I'll add goto capability and the bits for astro photography. Can get one for about $1300 . My question is about celestial polar alignment. As I live in melb. I know the lat. is 37' I also know that The declination angle from mag. north is 11' if I have my compass I can adjust to true North is it sufficient to set a new mount up in this manner. Does it have to be the southern celestial pole, why not North???
I know Marios mentioned a HE 5 but that pushes the budget a bit. Will the EQ3 do the the job?
Last edited by Brycepj; 10-06-2014 at 07:52 PM.
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