How do you make polar alignment easier for stargazing photography?

[Space_Girl]

Hello all :)

Any stargazers in here ?

 

[stefan r]

Would be nice. The seeing where I live is horrible. I can usually find Orion, satellites, and a few airplanes. Venus was nice last year around this time. I usually have to drive a few miles to find Orion's dogs.

 

[NFuller]

There are several members here, including myself, who are involved in amateur astronomy. If you have any particular questions, are seeking advice, or just want to show off some of your astro-images, fell free to post a thread!

 

[davenn]

am a very serious amateur astronomer and have been since around 10 years of age

 

[russ_watters]

am a very serious amateur astronomer and have been since around 10 years of age

Ditto.

 

[Rolldogg]

Hello all :)

Any stargazers in here ?

Every person on Earth should at least look at the sky every night, where ever they are at the time !

 

[davenn]

Hello all :)

Any stargazers in here ?

If you are really interested in getting to know the sky, then you should install Stellarium on your computer
It's a really good planetarium type program and will give you the view of the sky where-ever you are in the world

http://stellarium.org/

do you already have ... binoculars? a telescope ?
if so, what ?Dave

 

[Andy Resnick]

Hello all :)

Any stargazers in here ?

I'm not a fan of labels, but I have been know to prune specific limbs from specific trees in order to make is easier to polar align my camera mount.