Level a Meade telescope.

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north, south , east west are compass points and have no dimensions such as up and down. The same as there is no dimensions for east or west
you go north or south, west or east
the word s up and down probably started from the time trains were developed as a direction to traveling trains was need so it was up to the capital station and down away from the station

Spray some penetrating lubricant around all the edges of the rotor (front and back), give it about 25-30 minutes to soak in, and then go to town on it with a hammer banging on one side and then the other (North south, East west, South east north west etc)

As a pure shot in the dark, are you sure that you calibrated it so that it was pointing to the north when it should be and not to south?

If it was pointing south instead of north, then East and West would be reversed.

Sounds a bit daft but better than the directions of east and west changing?

Check your calibration perhaps?

Contact Meade directly. You may need to send it back for repairs. Here is the contact web site:
http://www.meade.com/support/index.html

ummmm i got lost on the x ;/

Thank you for the feedback and the result.

It is more than likely not level... put a level on the top north to south and east to west... adjust the legs by turning them to lower or higher the legs

Hi,

he first thing you will need to know is does your telescope have a polar axis or not, that is, is it intended to track, or is it merely a point and look, or what we call Alt-Az. Alt means altitude and Az means azimuth, where Alt is the distance above the horizon, and Az is the direction in a circle around the horizon. If you have an Alt-Az mount, just skip the polar alignment step. If you have a polar axis, that is, your telescope is intended to track the stars, then find north, and make sure the polar axis is approximately lined up in that direction. It does not have to be too accurate, but make sure it is pointing pretty close to north. If you are not sure where north is, either use a magnetic compass, or try to find Polaris, the North Star.

Thanks.

Also had the problem. I found that the LNT did not find north unless the bottom of the Smartfinder is close to parallel with the ground.