Cloudy again tonight, so put the motor drives on the scope. Got these as I hope to have a go at imaging at some point in the future, and they will be useful for observing in the meantime.

All went well using the instructions, only confusion came when fitting the dec motor. This was caused by the fine adjust knob being where the drive should be.

Luckily I got 4 rechargable D batteries (good ones 10,000 mAh , not the AAs pretending to be Ds) for my wifes radio which she hasn't used. Ideal for powering the motor drives. :smiley:

Wrong

Right

I then decided to have a go at trying to get to grips with the polar scope. Found that AstroBaby has done an online guide for polar aligning for idiots (thats me then).

Fantastic guide this http://www.astro-baby.com/HEQ5/HEQ5-1.htm

All has become clear and the mystery of the polar scope and using the setting circles has been lifted.

Just need some clear skies now.