Question

[Zarach]

Hi,

This is going to sound stupid i guess...I have just got my first scope Celestron 130 EQ...I have read and watched many videos on Polar Alignment and think i have that pretty much down (numerous chalk marks on my driveway)..now the silly bit, after the polar alignment is complete and I want to look at a star, Moon or something in the south do I rotate the scope by slacking off the mount screw an swinging it 180 degrees or do you slack off the Dec and RA to achieve this? Because if i slack off the Dec and RA and get it to the southern sky the eye piece is pointing down...do i then have to rotate the tube...sorry I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

Z.

[Merlin66]

Welcome to the forum!

The good news is that we all started with similar problems....

Once you've polar aligned you don't touch the adjustment screws.

Undo the locking levers on the RA and Dec axis to allow the scope to swivel around.

Yes, the eyepiece can get into some awkward positions, the solution as you've probably guessed is to rotate the tube within the holding rings until the eyepiece is better located.

HTH

[Zarach]

Many Thanks Merlin, you are truely a wizard