Not only that, by the time you’ve got out, get everything set up and then carefully polar align, the chances are, living as we do in the UK, the sky clouds over. How accurate should polar alignment be? If you can get it spot on, that’s fantastic!īUT! If you are first starting out in astrophotography, it seems that the expense racks up to get things working. Yes, software can be used to help you get there, or you can buy devices that can guide you into adjusting your mount. But what about us folks who have to set up the scope each time we go out and observe, or image? You just cannot spend any clear skies faffing about to get accurately polar aligned each time you set your gear up. ![]() That’s OK for someone who has a permanent setup, because once it’s done, it’s done. Some of them spending whole evenings getting it right and making sure it is as finely aligned as possible. ![]() ![]() On social media lately, I have been reading a lot about people trying to get their mount as accurately polar aligned as possible.
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