View Single Post
  #3  
Old 02-04-2009, 03:57 PM
sheeny's Avatar
sheeny (Al)
Spam Hunter

sheeny is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oberon NSW
Posts: 14,438
G'Day James,

You have a similar setup to me (for the purposes of drift aligning). Th simple rules I use are:

For altitude:

If the star is in the East, adjust opposite the drift.
If the star is in the West, adjust With the drift.

For azimuth:
Use the right hand rule (looking at palm of RH with thumb at right angles to fingers):
If the star drifts in the direction of your thumb, adjust star in the direction of your fingers.



This will work in any SCT or reflector with an odd number of reflections. e.g. a refractor with a diagonal, or an SCT with a diagonal.

Al.

Last edited by sheeny; 02-04-2009 at 03:59 PM. Reason: further explanation
Reply With Quote