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finding Jewel Box
Hi all, sorry for the basic question. I don't have any trouble finding the moon and was able to photograph it successfully once. My equipment is set up and I've set the mount to my latitude in Adelaide hills and pointing south using the compass on my mobile phone. But when I use the Goto feature on my app to say find the Jewel Box, it goes near but not on it, so I presume my mount is not pointing to true south or celestial south....not sure which one it's mean to be or how to set it considering everything I've been reading seems to be for finding the south using a polar mount which AM5 says is not needed. Any help is appreciated. I would really like to find the Jewel box cluster which is above my deck most nights, I believe it is just SE of Beta Crucis (Mimosa) in the Southern Cross. I can zoom in on Mimosa but can't find the Jewel Box with just moving my telescope.
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