Alienfox

Pete_l made a valid point about selling on the house, I have been considering a pier for my garden but I do not intend to be here for ever, so I would probably have to dig up the pier at some point (not easy if you have a concrete block 1m down and a steel pier to boot) so the easy to remove cinder blocks look promising, I am on clay that moves a fair bit.

So I will watch this forum closely over the next few weeks.

Den

Thank you Malcolm.

I can't find any reference to an SW EQ5, will this cable work?

I am fairly new to Astronomy and started with buying the wrong scopes  However after reading several post I have just purchased a S-W 150p skyliner and was thining about how to start imaging when I came across this post.  Thanks so much for the tutorial, the Stargazers here just keep giving.  Thanks again.

Great post, very informative, can't wait for some clear skies.