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moonshinegnomie

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13. i use a tracking mount

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 01:29 PM

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i align it with the north galactic pole (think of a line thru the eart from the south pole to the north pole and extending to infinity)
then the mount rotates at the same rate as the earth so the object stars in the same place

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