celestron c10 ngt set up and use of hand control [help]

[johnisabelle]

hi im looking for some help if anybody can help ive recently bought a 2nd hand c10 ngt celestron scope 2nd hand for myself and my daughter for xmas and we are looking for a bit of help setting it eq 5 mount up i have the latitude for dublin 53 but im not sure what the other ring dial on the eq5 mount is for could you help me get it set up for xmas night thank you john o donnell and isabelle thanks i know that it has to be pointing north at the polar star for aligment i had a small scope before but the c 10 is more advanced for us we got it a the wright price so we bought it any help would be much appericated thank you

[Floater]

Hope this helps:

[johnisabelle]

yes it has helped very much thank you my daughter is going to be very happy christmas morning once again thank you very much and if anymore information on this subject id appericate it as were new to this site and star gaz

[Floater]

I need to fess up here quickly, in case it gets too technical and over my head - I don't own an eq mount and have never handled one. It's just I had seen a few links to clips like that.

Keep firing in any questions you have ... but I may have to leave the answers to be given by more experienced people!

[johnisabelle]

hi all ive just bought a 2nd hand celestron c 10 ngt scope and im just woundering if anybody could give me a few tips on using it and what type of  stars are best for viewing  or nebula are good also is the scope a desent one thanks