regardless of time n location will co-ords still work?

[lostinspace]

just a quicky really, i know this sounds foolish, (i promise to squint my eyes, focus and grow some grey matter in the meantime) but assuming i`ve aligned my mount with polaris and set the co-ordinates, using stallariums co-ordinates for other objects, is it then just a case of twidling my knobs to the said co-ords and its there for me to then see? regardless of the time? regardless of my location? sorry if this seems a silly quesion, like i said i will endevour to add to my fading store of brain cells.... thanks to all that answer.

[steppenwolf]

You have to locate a known object in the eyepiece first, then set the RA and DEC circles to this object's co-ordinates THEN you can 'twiddle the knobs' until the new co-ordinates are lined up on the circles and your new object should be visible in a low magnification eyepiece. You can then zoom in with higher magnification and make fine tuning adjustments to the pointing.

[lostinspace]

is polaris adiquate for this use? cheers steve

[dark knight]

You can use any object so long as you know it's coordinates, then do as Steve says and all should then be calibrated.

[steppenwolf]

Personally. I wouldn't use Polaris for this particular purpose as in a wide angle EP any RA position will show it reasonably well centred. Choose a known object in the East or West as your start point.