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Question on the polar angle
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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"n3drk" wrote in
: 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. -- Steve Gray |
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