So does polar aligning your telescope help with maintaining a visual of the object you’re looking at when you use the slow motion control knobs? Also what is the purpose of the latitude numbers you looked up on your phone? I get pointing the scope south but why latitude?
G'day, mate! 1) Yes, once it's Polar aligned - the equatorial mount moves in the same arc as the star/planet travels across the sky - pretty neat right? 2) Pointing south means we have moved it towards the pole - Check however, the specific degree to Polaris changes based upon our location - say closer you are to the equator the degree to the pole would be lower - check latitude for Darwin vs Hobart. if you are somewhere in Antarctica - the polaris would be close to or exact 90 degrees (right above us) but from Sydney it's 33 degrees. Hope I've not confused you further :)
I have just found your channel and it as got me fires up, and I will be getting my Equatorial scope out tomorrow and try to set it up following your instructions.
thanks for that last point about looking into history: I have always imagined travelling to a spot 100 light years from Earth with a super-powerful telescope and from there looking back at our planet up close to see the world in action in 1921 :) - thanks for your instructional videos!
Don't know if you actually took this into account with the setup, but I can't see that you adjusted for magnetic declination based on your location. Long exposures would thus be impossible if I understand correctly. So apparently you can view your magnetic declination per location so my case, my magnetic declination is -27 west so I take 180-27= 153 so I need to point my scope to 153 degrees on my compass, is that correct?
So does polar aligning your telescope help with maintaining a visual of the object you’re looking at when you use the slow motion control knobs?
Also what is the purpose of the latitude numbers you looked up on your phone? I get pointing the scope south but why latitude?
G'day, mate!
1) Yes, once it's Polar aligned - the equatorial mount moves in the same arc as the star/planet travels across the sky - pretty neat right?
2) Pointing south means we have moved it towards the pole - Check
however, the specific degree to Polaris changes based upon our location - say closer you are to the equator the degree to the pole would be lower - check latitude for Darwin vs Hobart. if you are somewhere in Antarctica - the polaris would be close to or exact 90 degrees (right above us) but from Sydney it's 33 degrees. Hope I've not confused you further :)
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I have just found your channel and it as got me fires up, and I will be getting my Equatorial scope out tomorrow and try to set it up following your instructions.
Good luck mate, feel free to drop any questions you may have setting it up, can be a good forum and learning for others.
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thanks for that last point about looking into history: I have always imagined travelling to a spot 100 light years from Earth with a super-powerful telescope and from there looking back at our planet up close to see the world in action in 1921 :) - thanks for your instructional videos!
brilliant video mate, just purchased my first scope and you set up was just what i needed to see.. cheers mate
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What is the app on your phone you use? I’m a newbie. Nice video btw
Hi Luke, its called StarWalk.
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Don't know if you actually took this into account with the setup, but I can't see that you adjusted for magnetic declination based on your location. Long exposures would thus be impossible if I understand correctly. So apparently you can view your magnetic declination per location so my case, my magnetic declination is -27 west so I take 180-27= 153 so I need to point my scope to 153 degrees on my compass, is that correct?
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Does the earth rotate around the magnetic north south for polar alignment?
Short ans would be no. Now a days compass on your phone can show true north/south if you adjust the setting for polar alignment, hope it helps.
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Star walk or another good one is Stellarium.
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