Polar Aligning App

[hutchyweb]

Hi Everyone,

I have the Polar Finder app on my Android phone and there is a setting for 'Reticule Type'  which has the options Naked Eye/SkyWatcher/etc... When I select SkyWatcher it flips the image (as expected) and changes the hour angle (I would guess 180deg on the clock so to speak).

My real question is when I set the date/time and location on my SynScan if gives me an hour angle for Polaris which is the same the Naked Eye setting, which should I be using Naked eye/SkyWatcher or should I ditch the app and just stick with the SynScan?

Cheers

[valleyman]

This the one I use for the PC, not sure if you can get it as a app but it shows what you should see through the Polar scope

 

http://myastroimages.com/Polar_FinderScope_by_Jason_Dale/

[hutchyweb]

Still struggled a little last night with getting the reticule and the hour angle of Polaris right, should i be matching up the reticule with what i see when I'm NOT looking through the polar scope as the FOV is not wide enough to get the big dipper in as well?