Hi Chris
My question was related to both, i.e. does the eq mount have to be fixed in the direction of south to view stars in the north? Or is it ok to face the mount to the north?
i understand it'll take some practise to move around using RA/Dec coming from an Alt/Az mount
My view of the south is completely blocked by our house so can only view from North, and slightly west/east. Haven't got to polar aligning yet getting past the first hurdle has been scary
Thanks Chris,
Regards,
Mo.
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Originally Posted by Omaroo
Hi Moh
With an equatorial mount, it's the right ascension axis (RA) of the mount that you align to point at the SCP. Once that's done, you can release both the RA and Declination clutches and swivel the scope to wherever you want. The mount itself is still pointing south at all times, so wherever you leave the scope pointed it will move (if the mount drive electronics are on) in right ascension to move with the stars. A lot of people find the movement of the scope around both the RA and Dec axis to be far from natural at first - so priactice by spotting something around the scope and get used to swivelling in these two axes to get there.
So - is your questionin relation to just moving the mount, or are you asking how you move around once you're polar aligned and then star aligned in software?
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