Thinking ahead to this accursed program, I came upon something truly delightful. It's about PA, position angle, and one's orientation to the sky; first naked eye and then through the telescope eyepiece. I've never read it expressed so commonsense-like:
Two Rules
1. Whatever direction the stars appear to move, that is west.
2. The direction from a star to Polaris is north."Well, duh, Rene," you may be thinking. But wait, think of explaining to a rank but eager novice how to map the sky from our everyday cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west onto the celestial globe as seen not only naked eye by looking up but also to "what the telescope does to these" directions. The credit is to Greg Stone on his website Star Splitters. Here's the article:
https://bestdoubles.wordpress.com/tag/position-angle/. Enjoy!