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Originally Posted by Rickysa
You can set it up either way (if I remember correctly)...since I can't find Polaris due to trees, I haven't tried to set up the motor tracking function [I've had this 'scope for years (Meade EX-125)].
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Don't bother with that. Set it for equatorial, set the declination to 90 degrees, tilt it until you're at your latitude (within maybe a 5 degree range), then point it to North based on a compass.
PLENTY close enough for what you're doing.
Are you going to South Carolina? Actually, one way or the other, set it so that it's 35 degrees tilt. That means slightly more tilted than 45 degrees, since the pole is below 45 degrees for you.
Put on sun filter, use the hand controls to move it around until the shadow of the tube is a circle, and you're set. You'll need to adjust it every now and then over the 2 hours, but that's it.
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Also, that's A HUGE telescope for the Sun, remember that it will appear as big as the Moon when you look at it. You won't be able to see any corona, since the Sun will mostly fill the eyepiece. If you put a camera on it, it'll act like a 1900mm lens, and the Sun will mostly fill the picture.