|
so you are wondering which way is north, south etc when you are looking through the eyepiece? The best way is to gently push the skywards end of your scope either towards the north while you are looking through the eyepiece. If pushing it northwards corrects the DEC drift, then then star is drifting north, and if it makes it worse then the star is drifting south.
When you are pushing the scope north - you only need a very slight movement - usually not even enough to turn the axis, just to kind of stretch the scope on its mount in that direction slightly.
Are you using an illuminated crosshairs type eyepiece or are you just eyeballing the drift?
Adam
|