Feral Rabbit

There are easier OTA's but if you have an Edge already it's not impossible (depending what you want to photograph of course). This guy uses a Canon DSLR but I am assuming yours will be similar Linky One of 4 videos in the series from set up to processing Hope this helps Regards

Ah thanks for the heads up Ryan. I may just take into the shop for them to do then. I will mess up as my DIY is atrocious

Just an update. Went into Astronomia and had a chat with Neil (the owner) and he has told me that the clutches just need tightening up a bit. Remove the levers and adjust then re-attach the levers. Apparently they should be tight 45 degrees from the stop. Mine are tight at around 180 +. Louise, I think yours are therefore right on the limit too and could probably need a slight adjustment at some point. Regards Martin

Thanks Louise, mine sits just low of parallel. As it's new I will take it into the shop I got it from and let them adjust it. I would only have to show it a screw driver and a leg would fall off the tripod. My DIY is not far off appalling tbh.

Hi everyone, Well I have finally got to grips with my set up and alignment and am very impressed with the GoTo system. But I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I'm missing something blatantly obvious or whether I have a fault with my mount. Last night whilst out I had the fortune of having Orion come into view, for the first time for me, from the east south east about 35-40 degrees above the horizon (the eastern sky is quite polluted with Gatwick Airport and trees block my view). I entered M42/3 and the unit slewed around but then it stopped moving but the motors were still whirring away. I noticed that the top clutch lever (sorry for my ignorance I don't know what this one is ) had been knocked by the declination motor housing and had loosened the clutch lever. I am unable to tighten the clutch as the lever is butted right up to the housing. Do my clutches need to adjusted to make them tighter so the lever doesn't have to be wound so far around thereby avoiding the housing as it slews around? Out of the box they seemed quite loose even when wound right around but I assume this is a safety feature to stop damaging the clutch mechanisms. Am I trying to get the mount to do something it is not supposed to do? Is this a design fault of this mount? Have I missed something? I probably haven't explained myself clearly but I am sure if someone has had the same issues then they will know what I am getting at. Regards and as always thank you all in anticipation. Martin