How to Align Your Polar Scope on Your Equatorial Mount

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Published 2019-09-06

Here's a quick video explaining how to align the polar scope on your equatorial mount or German equatorial mount using just a piece of printer paper.

If you have room outdoors, it would be best to do that because you can get better distance (50'+). Just find something that you can lock your crosshairs on that you can easily see through your polar scope. Then just follow these same instructions.

If you have any questions on how to polar align your eq mount just ask them in the comment's section.

Thank you and clear skies!

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All Comments (21)

@edwardrusso6690 3 years ago

Thank you, this helped me solve my alignment issue with the built in polar scope. That grub screw change out tip was great.. If anyone wanted to know, you will need: 3x M3 x 15 to 20mm socket head screws.
@jonrobinson1026 2 months ago

Brilliant..thanks . Best to align this when i get it delivered fresh out of the box.
@AB-ft2lb 2 years ago

The grub screw change is an excellent tip, thank you.
@zaugitude 7 months ago

Great and very easy to follow instructions and what a beautiful heeler! CheerZ!
@MrChrisTattersall 2 years ago

Just found this as I'm just getting into Astrophotography, thanks Don, it's made aligning the scope with the mount real clear for me. Great video, clear, no jargon, no steps missed out, all great!
@lazaruslong92 3 years ago

Hi Don, great video, been a dob guy for years just got my first GEM. I understand how it works but nice to have a very clear description of how to align it.
@marcomannoni6781 4 years ago

finally someone that put the camera inside of the the polar scope to explain what we see , its 100 times better than only explain without moving a finger, you made my day,thanks for the video ! (Y)
@ricardodias9166 2 years ago

thank you for this video! Helped me tons!
@jonasszabolcs390 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing this video! I'm a first timer, and I found this video extremly helpful. Thanks!
@miketronix 3 years ago

Best explanation ever so far. THANK YOU!
@sshattuck311 3 years ago

This was very helpful in getting my new EQ6-R pro mount aligned. Thank you so much!
@antonior3282 2 years ago

very good explanation. thanks. You have my like
@DJRonnieG 4 years ago

Wish I saw this when I first bought the mount. I've been using my finder scope and SharpCap pro to assist with polar alignment with good success. Despite that, now that I have a firm grasp of this I'd like to try the polar scope again. I figure that I can still align using the automated method but I'd like to peer in the polar scope before and after doing that procedure to see if the it concurs with the software.
@adrianraddock62 4 years ago

A big thank you for making this a simple process :) I can now align my scope so much better !
@keithwepking9988 4 years ago

Great video, I just received my EQ6-R and most likely will have to do the same thing.
@jessiejames9649 4 years ago

A big thank you :) I have had problems sorting this out ! All good now Thank you :) Adrian
@PetterAstrom 2 years ago

Woa! Great little vid!
@stevenmoseley7183 2 years ago

i am new to this and have the same mount. thats handy to know cheers!
@CarlosHernandez-ol9ie 3 years ago

You made it so easy! Thanks
@ryanmichaelhaley 2 years ago

This is gold, thanks!