Track the Sky - Polar Aligning a Telescope

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 17:42 in Astronomy & Space

How to counter the apparent motion of the sky due to Earth's rotation. Hint: In the Northern Hemisphere, it all starts with a bear! This is an episode of "The Star Party" a video guide to amateur astronomy from the crew of Orion Telescopes and Binoculars.

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