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Polar alignment in Southern Hemisphere - help needed

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Ok so this might be a silly question but here goes.

I live in Australia. Because my view of the SCP is obscured by trees, I have to use the legacy PA tool which is no issue. One of the instructions when running the tool is to point my scope at a star at or near the northern meridian. I know what the meridian is but where in the sky is the northern meridian?

Any fellow Aussies who can help?

Rene
4 years 3 weeks ago #51865

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In Kstars, go to the "Settings" menu item (top bar). Down to configure kstars, then in the left panel, select "guides". In that section, on the right side, is a "Local Meridian" checkbox. If you select that, a blue line will display the meridian on the Kstars display. There's only one meridian. Just find your target near that line in the northward direction. Cheers, Doug
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Last edit: 4 years 3 weeks ago by Doug S. Reason: minor clarification
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