Silly question?

[D33P]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking forward to observing the transit on Monday (never observed the Sun before, still yet to make my filter!)

My question is this: How on earth (literally I suppose ) do I polar align in broad daylight?

Leaving my mount out overnight is an option, but I'm not really comfortable with that.

 

Thanks

[nightfisher]

Maybe you could put some markers where the feet of the mount will sit so that on the morning you put the mount back to where the markers are

[pipnina]

Someone at the Plymouth astro society had the same problem (they did a mini-talk about their solar scope). I think they just guessed and adjusted the scope every few minutes.

[Knighty2112]

When I set my eq3 stand up which doesn't have a polar finder I level the stand first,  then set the altitude screw to 54 degrees approx, then line it up to north with a compass. This serves OK for observations, so I will be doing the same when I set it up on Monday to observe the transit.  

[D33P]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Great idea to mark the tripod position the night before.

I guess the solar imaging guys must have permanent setups.