Timeline for Using setting circle for Right Ascension
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| Jan 4, 2018 at 23:12 | vote | accept | Daniel Bonetti | ||
| Jan 4, 2018 at 17:33 | answer | added | JohnHoltz | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 4, 2018 at 1:59 | comment | added | Daniel Bonetti | Hey John, thanks for you response. Yes, I can see that it's pointing to the right spot. I know I can find M42 easily, I already took a picture of it. My real problem was concerning the "usefulness" of the setting circle when no clock drive is present in the mount. | |
| Jan 4, 2018 at 1:48 | comment | added | JohnHoltz | Does it look like the scope was pointing in the direction of M42? You should be able to look through the finder or along the tube to see if it is close to pointing in the right direction. (M42 is visible to the unaided eye if you have a reasonably dark sky.) The setting circle may need to be reversed for Southern Hemisphere viewing if it is not built for both hemispheres. | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 22:01 | review | First posts | |||
| Jan 4, 2018 at 9:34 | |||||
| Jan 3, 2018 at 21:59 | history | asked | Daniel Bonetti | CC BY-SA 3.0 |