Strontiumdog

Ah yes I just tried an alignment in daylight and can report it is working ok!!! Just me being a bit dim with technology lol! Thanks for saving me much frustration!! Im new to astrophotography using tracking mounts and all the stuff that goes with it. I’ve spent the last couple weeks putting together an EQ5 pro, Sky Watcher 72 ED, Canon 450 D, 50mm guide scope with ZWO 120 mini, 2 dew heaters and the pile of cables and gadgets needed. Now I’m just learning to use Stellarium, PHD2 and APT. To say it’s a steep learning curve is an understatement but I’m gradually getting there lol.

Thanks for the quick replies. I am powering with 13 volts from mains supply. After it says ‘alignment successful’ I was pressing the Enter button and also tried several others and it returned just to whichever star alignment I had just done. I am not sure if I have tried pressing the Esc button after the ‘Alignment successful’ message so will try this next attempt and let you know how it goes.

Hello all first post…. So I have a 2nd hand Skywatcher eq5 mount that will not align. I’ve polar aligned well and made sure all the info is entered correctly and tried a 1 and 2 star alignment which after says ‘alignment successful’. Then no matter which button I press it asks to do the alignment again?!! Could the handset be broken or need an update? I tried a factory reset with no luck.