Samop

Thanks. I can do 

12 minutes ago, knobby said:

....... aim the axis of the mount roughly at Polaris.

Thanks. I got that bit, but then it's working out how to turn and point. I was expecting it to be the same sort of movements as a "standard" tripod but it seems not. I'll have a look at the youtube videos, then it'll make sense.

All the local astronomy clubs meet on evenings that I can't do, so I'm relying on you guys

Hi everyone

I've just joined and want to say Hello to you all.

I'm in the middle of Essex in a small semi-rural town with fairly  dark skies, although there's a streetlight shining into my garden.

I've just bought a decent 5" reflector and am looking forward to using it, once I've worked out how to use the equatorial mount... it doesn't seem to make sense 🙂