Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA
Spent a couple hours out on Thanksgiving Eve. It was cold, really cold. It was also very clear. My plan for the night was to practice getting a good polar alignment and then check out a few deep sky Messier objects. I was able to get the scope aligned on Polaris fairly quickly, then I [...]
Just a couple of articles on polar alignment of an equatorial mounted scope for future reference: From Celestron’s Knowledge Base: Rough Polar Alignment Accurate Polar Alignment — From Sky and Telescope – DIY Accurate Polar Alignment Sky and Telescope also has a bunch of other great Astronomy DIY articles. — Observatorio ARVAL – Polar Alignment [...]
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