Troubleshooting

Suggestions and tips for Avalon Instruments products

Polar alignment using the new Skywatcher Polar scope

Issue

The new Skywatcher Polarscope only has the Octans constellation on it.

 

 

sky watcher new reticle

Many customers know the classical reticle with Octans, Cassiopeia, and the Big Dipper constellations and ask if this new reticle works only in the southern emisphere.

polarscope classic reticle

Answer

According to the manufacturer new Polarscope reticle can works for both emisphere. For set the Polar alignment with the new reticle we strongly reccommend to download one of the following smartphone app: Polar Align Ver. 4.0, Polar Scope Align Pro (for iOS) or Polar Finder (for Android).