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Old 01-02-2011, 11:58 AM
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GrampianStars (Rob)
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Cool Polar Align

G'day Pete
Your in the North
If Your using a Wedge.

level fork arms horizontal with spirit level and lock RA
Point OTA perpendicular with fork arms.
(i.e. tube inline with forks.finder on bottom.)
set DEC circles to "O"
Polaris should be in field of view somewhere (26mm)
To centre Polaris in the crosshair, If it’s off, Manually move the mount in latitude (altitude) knob on back, and azimuth knobs on side, to center Polaris.
" Then rotate the RA setting circle till it reads 2 hours 31 minutes and the Dec circle reads +89 degrees 15 minutes."
These are the coordinates of Polaris and the Pole Star should still be centered in the finder’s crosshairs.

Now all you need to do is use AutoStar until the RA until it reads "0" and your done

should take 10 minutes tops
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