Re: Initial Setup of the Mount
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My first choice is to see where everyone else is pointing and mimic them :)
but usually i just use an iphone compass app. i don't sweat the initial setup too much because i'll use polemaster or sharpcap to fine tune the PA
This is for anyone who
regularly ¡°goes mobile¡± to do Astrophotography.. How do *you*
determine how to initially place the tripod??
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I envision putting the mount
in the center of the Azimuth adjustment range, but when you go to a location
you have never been before, how do you determine where the tripod should be
pointing?? I would be seriously bummed if I assemble the whole system, tried to
polar align, and run out of adjustment so that I would have to disassemble and
rotate the tripod..
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Can you just place a compass
on the tripod and use that, taking magnetic declination into account?? I would
think the metal in the tripod would make the compass inaccurate??
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Anywho.. I would like to
know the various methods people use..
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Derek
-- Brian?
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