hi folks,
Just a quick one .. Please someone confirm that if I'm at 35 deg Lat and I want to set up my wedge, the northern hemisphere scale on the wedge reads 55 ? I've currently set the dec scale on my scope to 90 when pointing straight up in alt/az.
My understanding is I then lower it by my latitude ( 90-35 = reads 55 ) lock it, then mount it on my wedge, whack a torpedo level on the cover and adjust the wedge until the level is erm level
.. am I doing this right ? Should the wedge actually read 35 deg ? or is it a northern / southern pole trap for young players ? I've cut a template at 35 degrees using a protractor and it confirms my suspiscions, and it would explain why after a half dozen nights i've gotten nowhere drift aligning
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because we are in the - 90 south it kinda makes sense.
Thanks in advance