Control panel facing north, telescope facing south and pointed at the horizon.

Picture this a you north of the telescope facing due south. You should be able to read the control panel and you should be looking at the back end of the telescope.


Ralph


Larry Blair wrote:

> 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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