Are you more of a YouTube person and less of a blog reader? Then click on the video below. If you want to align to the south celestial pole, please click here. If you don’t want to read that part, feel free to skip to the first tip! Note that I’m located in the northern hemisphere (the Netherlands) so my tips are about how to polar align to the north celestial pole.
However, before presenting the five tips, I’ll spend one paragraph on what polar alignment actually is and why it is important if you want to improve the quality of your astrophotography endeavors. I will also try to keep this article focused on the procedure itself – its a more about “how to” perform the procedure rather than “why”. My main aim in this blog is to provide you with five easy to understand tips that will help you to NAIL your polar alignment, without making the procedure overly complicated. Some articles on the web turn polar alignment into some exotic, mysterious art. In this blog, I’ll explain these five steps in more detail and I will mention some pro tips on how you can master your polar alignment. Fifth (optional) use software to really NAIL your polar alignment like a pro. Fourth, use a polar scope to polar align your mount to the north celestial pole. Third, put your mount into the correct latitude position. First, point the tripod of the mount to the the north if you are in the northern hemisphere and south when you are in the southern hemisphere. When you just bought your first equatorial mount, this can be a little daunting.Ī good polar alignment can be achieved in five steps. One of the first things you will have to learn when getting into astrophotography is to polar align your telescope mount.
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