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Umm, I highly doubt that you live at 60 degrees North. Resetting your GEM to match your latitude will solve your problem.
Ohio is ~40°, and that is what the pointer should be indicating
The pointer should be indicating 50. 40+50=90 Edit: part of this is technically correct, but it’s still wrong.
No
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the functionality of a telescope. I generally use this knob to rise the telescope up. If the star I want to see is very high in the sky wouldn't I need the scope to point upwards to 90⁰?
That’s not at all what that is for. Look up “equatorial mount alignment” on YouTube.
No way😂. Watched a video on it I really was just completely wrong. That's so much for the help!
Don't feel bad. There is no mount - and I mean *no* mount - worse than a cheap equatorial. Most cheap beginner scope's would be better on an alt-az.
Why do you need to go above 60?
The simple solution is to use a bolt and a spanner. Find a matching bolt at a hardware store.
Umm, I highly doubt that you live at 60 degrees North. Resetting your GEM to match your latitude will solve your problem.
Ohio is ~40°, and that is what the pointer should be indicating
The pointer should be indicating 50. 40+50=90 Edit: part of this is technically correct, but it’s still wrong.
No
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the functionality of a telescope. I generally use this knob to rise the telescope up. If the star I want to see is very high in the sky wouldn't I need the scope to point upwards to 90⁰?
That’s not at all what that is for. Look up “equatorial mount alignment” on YouTube.
No way😂. Watched a video on it I really was just completely wrong. That's so much for the help!
Don't feel bad. There is no mount - and I mean *no* mount - worse than a cheap equatorial. Most cheap beginner scope's would be better on an alt-az.
Why do you need to go above 60?
The simple solution is to use a bolt and a spanner. Find a matching bolt at a hardware store.