Polar alignment EQ5

[Carl83]

Hi people. I am going to have a play at taking some photos soon. I know my mount with a 200p isn't the best combo, but I'm going to learn for later in my astronomy career! Please don't shoot me down yet.

There is conflicting advice and each YouTube video seems to conflict with the last. What do you people out there do for polar alignment. (I have a polar scope)

Cheers

Carl

[Kevdan]

Hi download polar finder from here http://myastroimages.com/Polar_FinderScope_by_Jason_Dale/ then get polaris into the small reticule where it shows in the pics, spin the RA axis 360' and if polaris stays on the line of the outer circle its aligned.

Kev.

[Tinker1947]

Just point the polar scope at Polaris, then swing the mount so the 2 constellations are in the same position in the sky and the polar scope, then adjust until polaris is in the bubble...this will give you maybe 2 minute subs, depending how accurate you aligne Ursa Major and Cass....

[Freddie]

There is some good stuff for this on youtube by astronomyshed.

[Carl83]

Thanks for all the replies. Found astroshed of you tube as you recommended. He has loads of useful stuff on there!

[glowjet]

I have made my Polar Scope able to revolve 360° in its housing and aligned it with the axis of the mount, using Jason Dale`s Polar finder program, the mount is set up and the scope focused on the Pole star, I set the Polar scope FOV to the current date and time, as shown in Jason`s program, then simply adjust the Alt and AZ mount screws until Polaris is in the in the small circle, simples

John.

[Mark in Macc]

Hi John, could you please let me know how you modified your polar finder to revolve 360 deg in the housing. Sounds like a good mod. I have a CG5-GT which uses the same polar finder to the best of my knowledge.

Thanks,

Mark.