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Originally Posted by Luddite
That's not Ken James who used to own land on Bilgola Plateau is it? It's just a dodgy cheap thing I was given and has been roundly dissed in these forums. It's a StarTracker 127 (laughter is allowed). By Polar aligned I assume you mean the latitude set to 34deg (Adelaide) and 8 degrees off South for the mount/tripod assembly. bad explaining I know but have followed advice on this forum to the letter.
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Sorry Colin, no I've never even heard of Bilgola Plateau.
But anyway, to your mount. Ahhhh, that's an EQ1
Those little EQ1's are quite good actually (I have said so several times in this Forum).
Yes, polar alignment for you would be somewhere near 34deg and about 8 - 12 degrees East of South. So you have that correct.
I don't know how well you know the sky, or constellations or star names, but if you look up in the North sky at the constellation of Corvus (looks like a crooked rectangle shape), you will see a bright star just to the right of Corvus (Spica).
Directly below Spica you will see a Bright slightly yellowish star that doesn't twinkle.
That's Saturn
Here is a sky map of it for you: