Larry,

I think you may have it wrong. The control panel should be facing north,
the tube and you should be facing south.

Al
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: [M]: 2nd light with 10in lx200 YAHOOOOOO!!!!


Wow!! What a telescope. OK now I'll try to hold it down a little. My
first time Monday night I had to learn a bunch but last night was
great. 11 Messiers in 10 minutes. Of course with the moon like stadium
lights and the next door neighbors porch light I could read the manual
but it was still great. In a couple of weeks I'll get out of town
where its dark.

I have a question about initial alignment. I think 'The Book' says
that I should start by placing the control panel on the north side of
the mount and then level the tube facing north. Then I did a 2 star
alignment and it tracked really great. The first night I just started
off by aligning on Vega and Arcturus and it seemed the tracking wasn't
as acurate. But it was my first night so who knows what I really did
:)
Anyway should I start off pointing North and level or does it make any
difference?
Larry Blair
Seattle


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