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Originally Posted by LAW
There's an easier way to find the moon  |
Murphy's Law?
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Originally Posted by TheITGuy
- this would give me a Declination of 90 degrees.
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-90 actually.
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if i then move the DEC 83 degrees west being that the moon is at -7 degrees.
Should i then be able to rotate the RA and in that axis somewhere find the moon. and when i do knowing that it is at a RA of 12H30M adjust this dial to that time.
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That's about right. In some ways the moon isn't a really good choice because it is about 1/2° across and moves in RA by about 2' per hour (~53' per day) so you need to accurately center it and know the RA at that time.
Blue Skies, yes Dec is n/s and RA east/west, but at the time Sean was visualizing you did have to rotate the dec axis to point the scope about 83° to the west from the SCP. If the circles are set nearly correct you can push-to a non-computerised mount and expect to get close to a target.