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Originally Posted by Nikolas
You keep the usb plug facing East so that it is on the right when you are looking at the camera face on.
That is the correct orientation for the southern hemishpere
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The original instructions I saw which were northern hemisphere specific specified east. This snip is from another (Northern hemisphere specific set) specifies both East and left for Northern hemisphere use. The current instructions on the QHY site specify pointed left but no compass directions.
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With your mount in the park position (weights down, telescope pointing up), stand to
the north of the mount facing south. Insert the quick install plate into the base mount
adapter ensuring that the USB socket faces to the left (east). This position aligns the
PoleMaster’s sensor correctly and makes azimuth and altitude adjustments during
polar alignment more intuitive as the up/down directions on the image will be the
mount's elevation angle directions and the left/right directions will the azimuth angle
directions without there being too much adverse interaction between the two.
Furthermore, when carrying out the atmospheric refraction calibration, which is
required for locations with a latitude of below 40 degrees, this orientation is vital
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