At 6:22 PM -0500 6/29/99, Fred Herrmann wrote:
>By regular alignment your talking leveling and pointing North before
>turn-on?

This is described in gory detail in the archives but briefly.....
level the tripod and orient the OTA so that it is level (use a
torpedo level), ie pointing at the (true) horizon and pointing due
south. (The control panel should be on the north side.) If you do
that carefully, you will probably be able to find the Sun quickly by
using the method of removing the eyepiece.

>Since I've got the laptop out anyway as you suggested I plan on
>using skyglobe and simply slewing to the RA and Dec. I've only had a couple
>hours of experience with the LX200, and I found that finding the sharpest
>shadow on my rough driveway wasn't that easy..

Right. After you get close remove the eyepiece and look down the
barrel of the diagonal. When close to the Sun, you will see bright
reflections off of the interior. Move the scope in the direction
that seems to center them. When you get close enough the whole field
will turn bright with the Sun's image. When you replace the eyepiece
the Sun will be in the field or very nearly so.

Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/billa/
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." -- Richard Feynman

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