Half of you guys are talking about North
We are in the Southern hemisphere, and we point our scopes to SOUTH (180 deg)
The telescope instruction books are written for the American market and that is why they talk about north. My Meade instruction book does actually say that if you are in the Southern hemisphere, for North, read South!!
Remember that the bar on a magnetic compass has TWO ends to it - one is north-seeking, and the other is south-seeking, so just forget the north bit, and use the south seeking end.
North is 0 degrees
South is 180 degrees
Easy
