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the allen screws a little at a time until the cross hair stayed

on the stop sign.

Now put the counterweight and OTA on and look through

the OTA eyepiece to see if it points to the stop sign. Mine

did not... it was way off. Use the manuals Fig.40 on Page

49 to locate the allen bolts used to attach the dovetail to

the tube rings. These bolts will raise or lower the angle of

the OTA to the RA axis. Adjust these until the stop sign is

centered in the OTA eyepiece. Your tube should now point

to the same spot as your polarscope. Verify this by looking

through both eyepieces while moving from position A to B.

You can use any target you wish, Polaris even, but I found

it easier to do this in the daytime and the stop sign was

convenient. Appendix B Page 48 Axis Alignment Proce-

dure covers basically the same thing, these are just my

interpretations and findings.

Now, after a quick polar alignment, and then an easy align-

ment, my scope brings objects within the field of view of

the 26mm eyepiece. Im sure if I used targets that are fur-

ther away it would get even better.

Courtesy of: Mickey Smith

POLAR ALIGNMENT - SHORT VERSION:

1) set up tripod and mount sans scope with star leg point-

ing north

2) level mount using tripod legs and bubble level (sold sepa-

rately!)

3) adjust azimuth and latitude using mounts knobs and

T-handles (push-pull) to put Polaris on the polar scope

reticle. See manual Page 48

4) attach OTA and test for orthogonality on both sides of

RA axis for extra credit

5) use drift align method for super polar precision (not

necessary)

6) Relax and enjoy the views!

ORTHOGONALITY & ALIGNMENT: Orthogonality is just tech talk

for how well the scope and axes are aligned. Your manual

describes the procedure for tweaking the adjusting screws

where the scope mounts to the saddle. Drift alignment is

not needed for GoTo, and is used mostly for imaging. Polar

alignment is easier with the telescope removed. By level-

ing the mount, Autostar has the best chance of putting

alignment stars in the field of view (FOV). Please keep in

mind that the advertised GoTo precision is only 15 arc

minutes, which is 1/2 the diameter of the Moon.

Courtesy of: CS - Otto

ALIGNING THE POLARSCOPE WITH T HE MOUNT: Level the tripod.

Without the OTA and counterweight shaft attached, put a

level on the saddle plate were the OTA attaches, adjust

the latitude to zero, then fine adjust the latitude until it is

level. You should now be able to rotate the saddle plate

360 and be level in all directions.

Rotate RA 90 degrees so the counterweight shaft, which

can now be reinstalled, is parallel to the ground.

Place the level in the saddle against the side that has the

attachment screws and level this parallel to the floor. Ad-

just the declination setting circle to read 90 degrees.

Rotate DEC using the setting circle to read 90 minus Your

Latitude. For me that is 90 - 30 = 60.

Now adjust the latitude bolt until the level (Still in the

saddle plate) is level again.

All of the above will give you a more accurate latitude ad-

justment. It is not hard once you understand how it goes.

Put the OTA on the mount and get a good alignment on

the finder scope. Use the AZ fine controls to align Polaris

with the vertical cross-hair. Depending on the time and

position, you will be out of adjustment in Azimuth by as

much as .85 degrees, but that is okay for now.

When you align Autostar do not worry about centering on

the two stars it locates just press enter to accept them.

Once the alignment is complete, do a GOTO on Polaris,

then using the Fine Azimuth Control and the Latitude

Adjustment center the telescope on Polaris. This will take

the .85 error out. Next GOTO another star like VEGA, cen-

ter it in the telescope, and press the ENTER key until a

message that says Press Enter to Synch appears, this

will synchronize the scope given the fact that it was moved

in AZ and LAT.

I have only used this method twice so far but can align

without the POLAR scope and best of all, I am NAILING

everything in the center of the EP at 50X and 1 deg.

POLAR HOME POSITION & SETTING CIRCLES: In PHP the DEC is

at 90 degrees, and RA varies depending upon where Po-

laris is relative to NCP. When you GOTO Polaris from PHP,

the scope moves slightly to a DEC of 89.15 from the origi-

nal 90 Degree position. Think of Polaris rotating around

NCP like the hands on a clock. After you do a GOTO on

Polaris, you could calibrate the RA setting circle if you like,

but that will change depending on the time. Consider all

of the different RA positions you have seen when looking

at Polaris, yet they are all RA 2:31:51. In short, Relative to

PHP, DEC is fixed and RA is variable.

Courtesy of: Randy Rourke

POINTING ACCURACY & OPTICAL / MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT: I was

having some initial pointing accuracy issues with my 8"

SNT. Most of my problems seemed to be related to the fact

that the optical axis of the scope and the mechanical axes

of the mount were not properly aligned from the factory.

There is a procedure (two of them actually) in the back of

the Autostar manual that describes how to make this ad-

justment in the daytime. However, I find it easily checked

and tweaked at night right before doing my polar align-

ment.

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