[Rusty2]

Hello !
My name is Russell and I've always had an interest in astrophotography since I was a kid . My father gave me a camera when I was 11 and the first outside photograph I took was of the night sky in b&w . It was then that I realised I needed a special tripod to actually catch star fields without the trails .

Many years later I bought a $500 cheapy telescope package . It had a 360 degree dial at the base of the tripod head which made it quite easy to face the unit directly south but I lost interest .

Now that I'm much older I've decided to revive my interest in astrophotography and recently bought a telescope mount . This mount has a polar scope , no 360 degree dial that I can use to accurately face south and it also has sharp points on the tripod legs .

My question is (forgive me if this has been covered) considering that the polar scope is fixed and there is no 360 degree dial , do I have to manually jiggle the tripod into an accurate position facing south or have I missed the point ? Thanks for any advice !
Russell