Is a Polar Aligning a German equatorial mount difficult?

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jerryaa

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Hi,<br /><br />I'm new to telescopes and considering buying a one with a German equatorial mount. I've read that you have to align it with Polaris each time before using it.<br /><br />Is this very hard to do for a beginner?<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />Jerry.
 
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kngavl

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I do believe I have the same as you as for a mount.<br />The first time might take some time but eventualy it'll get easy and will become a second nature. It took me a while but now i can do it quite easily. You don't have to align it every time only unless you want to find stars by their RA and Dec. I had a site that could help you before but I seemed to have deleted it.<br />I hope that helped <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />.<br />
 
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petepan

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<font color="yellow">Is this very hard to do for a beginner? <br /><br /></font><br /><br />Only if you live in the Southern hemisphere like me.... <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />There is no 'pole' star for us.......ouch.
 
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