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Old September 7th 03, 01:26 AM
n3drk
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New to Astronomy. When setting up my equatorial mount to the celestial pole
for the polar angle, once I accomplish this and decide to swing the
telescope using the RA and DEC lets say toward Arcturas will it then track
Arcturas? Is this the purpose of setting the polar angle?

thanks in advance
john


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Old September 7th 03, 04:18 AM
Steven Gray
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"n3drk" wrote in
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New to Astronomy. When setting up my equatorial mount to the celestial
pole for the polar angle, once I accomplish this and decide to swing
the telescope using the RA and DEC lets say toward Arcturas will it
then track Arcturas? Is this the purpose of setting the polar angle?


If you set the polar angle and properly align the mount, then the scope
will track a star _if_ you have a clock drive and have it running. That is
the purpose of setting up the mount correctly.

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Steve Gray

 




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