very newbie question re: equatorial mount
- From: Tunderbar <tdcomeau@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:15:46 -0800 (PST)
Hi y'all. I just got a brand new 4.5" reflector and am getting
familiar with polar alignment, declination and right ascension, etc.
I've got it assembled with help from several excellent websites.
I've got the equatorial mount set to my latitude, 50 degrees. It
points very close to where Polaris is. So far so good.
When I point the scope in the same alignment as the mount, ie.
directly towards Polaris, the declination ring shows 0 degrees. Should
it not show 90 degrees when pointed at Polaris? Am I missing
something?
.
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