True North Alignment?

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Hi guys,

Question, I am trying to understand how to polar line my solarnax iii. Do I really need to align true north or can I just use magnetic north? I want to start doing photography and videos of the sun.

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Solar Seeker 52 wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:45 pm Hi guys,

Question, I am trying to understand how to polar line my solarnax iii. Do I really need to align true north or can I just use magnetic north? I want to start doing photography and videos of the sun.

Jason
You have to align to true north pole when in North and true South when Down Under. I do not see in your profile where you are ¿?

Aligning on magnetic pole will give you field rotation.


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Depends how much 'drift' you're prepared to tolerate. I often just plonk the mount down and eyeball rough north.


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If it's just for solar use; it honestly doesn't matter all that much.

I also do as Mark described. Just put it down, roughly align north (although I've gotten pretty good at getting it quite accurate) and good to go.


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Thanks everybody for the good advice! I will try it out. I live in aliso Viejo, ca

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