the star route around the North Pole. A simpler alternative is not to rotate the axis and put the
Polaris in the same position it appears in the application screen. This is done with much more
precision with the new type of reticle. Below is reported one example where the Polaris is
located at about hour 11:15.
Example with old Skywatcher reticle.
As previously said it doesn’t matter how the reticle is
rotated. If Polaris is in the same position on the orbit
indicated by the chosen Polar Finder app, an accurate Polar
Alignment has been accomplished
As it appears in the application
The graduated circle represen the
Polaris orbit in 24 hours. The yellow
dot represents the polaris position at
the observation time.
Example with new Skywatcher reticle
It is the same as described above. As long as the position
of the star Polaris in the polar-scope reticle is in the same
position indicated by the smartphone or PC app a good
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