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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Yeah John, you need to make sure (via setting circles or any other method you can devise) that your scope is perpendicular to the mounts polar axis. Then it works a treat, but this method is totally dependant on the scope being perpendicular.
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I use this method after using the polar scope to fine tune.
To check that the scope is perpendicular to the mount I just look through the scope and pivot it in RA. Stars should just rotate in the field and not move off to the side. If they do you just correct the dec until they just pivot.