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Thanks for your help the other night Andrew.
We got that polar mark spot on.
I checked it with the EQ6 lined up on the marks and used the polar scope it has in the mount.
Bingo right in the field of view the 4 Octant alignment stars.
I have tried to use this polar scope before but gave up and always used the drift alignment method first , but it was interesting to see that it does indeed work if you are close to the stars in the first place.
Finding the 4 stars is a real challenge and you need a fairly dark site.
They are only in the 5.5 mag range and fill about a 4deg FOV.
The trick is not using a lot of aperture , because if you do ,picking out the stars amongst all the others is difficult.
The EP's you used were an Andrew 30mm 80deg 2" , 40mm GSO SV 2" and GSO 2x Barlow, UO Orthoscopics 25mm and a TV 4X Powermate.
Any one else from the forum in the SE QLD area want to pop out one night , is fine by me.
The observatory and mount won't be up and running for a little while yet but I am hoping in the next few months it will be operational.
Hope to pour the pier and base now things are all lined up on the deck floor.
That won't stop any one wanting to come for a visit and offer input into the project and a nights viewing in dark skies.
By the way if any one is curious on where on earth is Glenore Grove , it's in the Lockyer valley about 1/2 hr west of Ipswich Queensland and offers dark skies with only a bit of sky glow to 20degs from Brissy in the east .
Mark
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