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Our latitude in Shawnee is 35 degrees north, and we find Polaris 35 degrees above the northern horizon. Similarly, to sail west at a constant latitude Columbus kept the north star at a constant altitude above the horizon.
In fact in this guide we wont be aiming at the NCP we'll aim at the Pole Star-Polaris. Luckily in the Northern Hemisphere Polaris is very close to the NCP and provides a good enough 'fix' for observing. The basic aim of Polar Alignment is to align the telescope mounts Right Ascension (RA) axis to Polaris.The picture to the left shows the RA Axis of a standard equatorial mount and the motion the axis operates in.our Declination scale may have been preset at the factory in which case it should read 90 degrees, if not ignore the DEC scale and just set the telescope so that its in line with its RA axis. You can see on the picture to the left below that the telescope tube is in the same line/direction as its RA axis.