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Aligning the mount in the southern hemisphere
The mount can naturally also be aligned anywhere in the southern hemisphere of the earth. This alignment is
more difficult however, as there is no bright star in the vicinity of the southern celestial pole.
The southern celestial pole lies in the southernmost constellation of Octans. Unfortunately, this is a rather
inconspicuous constellation with no bright stars. The brightest star is Sigma Octans, which is still visible to
the naked eye with a magnitude of 5.5. You can locate it by extending the longer axis of the 'Southern Cross'
constellation south towards Octans.
Searching for a celestial object
If the telescope has already been aligned, you can immediately start observing. Make sure that the finder sco-
pe is aligned parallel to the main telescope. All caps (lens cap, eyepiece cap and finder cap) must be removed.
With some telescopes, the front cap consists of a smaller and a larger cap. Here, the larger cover must be
removed for the night's observing to let you see.
You have already balanced the telescope as instructed above. For a first test observation it is fine to select a
brighter object that you can also see with the naked eye. This has the advantage that you will be able to rapidly
find the object and move the telescope to view it. Is the moon visible perhaps on this particular night? Or is
there a bright planet such as Venus or Jupiter visible?
right ascension
S
Alpha
Centrauri
Alpha
Crucis
zenith
declination
W
nadir
Beta Centauri
Beta Crucis
Alpha
Crucis
Pole Star
meridian line
N
E
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