Ring Nebula (M57) Impact of polar alignment
Jul 15

Polar alignment

Posted in Astronomy at 1:55 am Add comments

Tonight I decided to invest the time to get some polar alignment done. Got a program (WCS — I’ll post a link later when it’s not 2:00 am) that helps do this. Trick was to NOT use a diagonal and set the settings to inverse. For the Azimuth setting, need to use a star in the South and input the Dec setting (I used Altair). For the Altitude setting setting, need to use a star in the East (I used Alpheratz). It seems to have nailed the polar alignment (at least per the program). I will calibrate again on a less windy night and then do some PEC training.

2 Responses to “Polar alignment”

  1. Martin Says:

    Sounds great. Where did you get this software?

  2. Roy Says:

    The link for the software is here: http://wcs.ruthner.at/index-en.htm

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