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Old 16-01-2012, 03:01 PM
swannies1983 (Dan)
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Originally Posted by adman View Post
When you get going with PHD for polar alignment, you will be able to point to a star in the east and say "if the DEC trace in PHD is moving up the screen, that means I need to turn the altitude adjuster this way, and if the trace is moving down then I need to turn it the other way" and same for the star near zenith - except you will be adjusting the azimuth. Thenyou will be able to forget all the directions and what they mean.

Adam
Good advice. I wrote these as notes in my mobile so I had my reference handy when polar aligning using PHD.
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