Lostparticle 07
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Posted Today, 12:57 PM
Thanks for the reply. I contacted iOPtron and they informed me that they believe the inaccuracies in the goto during inital star alignment is because of the magnetic variation (mag var) of magnetice north and true north. In other words it was throwing it out of whack. Apparently, if I read the email correctly, this firmware update was just released in the past week and its suppose to resolve this problem and correct a "sync to target" issue that was also popping up. I downloaded the new update last night and hope to get the scope out over the next few days for a test run. Again, thanks for you help and I will keep in mind your suggestion if this new update doesn't do the trick. I will let you know. Clear Skies.
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Question for anyone with some experience with this mount: During my inital start up the mount does its "calibration" and after its done that and all the information (date, time, lat, long, etc.) appears to be correct I select enter to verify information is correct then the scope with start to slew to a target, naming the star and its magnitude its going to. The problem I am having is that where the scope ends up is no where near the named star. When I do try to slew to the named star with the HP it will only allow me to move the scope in the Ra + or - . I beleive this is how it is intended, according to the manuel. The "level bubble" is pointed towards the south. I have tried this several times and always the same result. I eventually get the goto funtion working using the two star alignment metod but the scope is still slewing too far out of the FOV, even a 25mm eyepiece doesn't always get it. Any suggestions?
