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Originally Posted by Nebs
Can someone please help me? 
I have a Celestron 80EQ refractor and I'm trying to set it up. First I set the latitude at roughly 38 degrees (for Melbourne). Now the scope is pointing 38 degrees up from the southern horizon. Is that right?
Is there something else I should do or am I ready to go? Also, what should my readings be on the RA and DEC scales if I'm looking right at the southern star? Zero, or something else?  |
pointing south , thats polar south NOT magnetic south theres about an 11 degree variation , 38 deg up sounds right
DEC should be -90 the RA at exactly the SCP is all at once as the RA is like hour hands on a clock in the centre all hands meet.
if you were looking at sigma octans the readings would be RA 15h 7.031m , DEC -89 48.361'