flip

Thanks for the replies. The thought of boxing it all up and sending it back disheartened me a bit... what if it becomes clear 🌙 

 Where's my hex keys and glasses 🤣

It was indeed dust. Carefully cleaned with a drop of sensor cleaning fluid and a micro fibre cloth. Bit fiddly to get out and carefull not to get grease on it. Will need to calibrate reticle next to make sure it rotates in a circle. Now to iron out these other niggles 🤞

Thanks... flip

Evening all,  wondering if the black dots in my polarscope are normal? I've googled dirty reticle safely and didn't find any comparisons 😬

Just wondering if this is etched on the glass and if not should I request a new one or clean it somehow... what's your thoughts? They don't rotate as you focus the reticle

brand new S-W eqm-35 pro setup yesterday 🤔

Hi all and a happy new year.

I'm fairly new to the hobby (Neowise got me)... started off with a superzoom bridge camera and tripod and its been an adventurous learning curve since.  moved onto a MSM startracker and now the Skywatcher EQM-35 pro mount, Lumix S5 ff camera and 70-200 f2.8 lense, 2x tele. other equipment aquired along the way celestron 60LCM telescope,  114mm reflector telescope, ZWO ASI224MC camera. 

I'm hoping to eventually automate all my imaging sessions with N.I.N.A, learn from the more experienced members and share my findings and hopefully pick a few of your brains regarding my equipment

All the best. flip