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Still no joy and to top it all off the power bank adapter snapped in the mount so safe to say this was not meant to be. Will be looking to get a manual mount. Thanks everyone for the help, shame it didn’t turn out.

Further update to this.. still unable to align after trying the above. I am not really sure what I’m doing wrong and it is starting to put me off using the set up all together. Will research some more but not getting any luck. Thought using technology would make things easier .. Edit: I have just seen that the location sensor has been turned off in the app. Would this be the issue? Though the co ordinates were close.

Thanks , I try to reset it but it always appears to be greyed out, so have to reset the mount itself and the it seems to work.

Thanks everyone for all the advice so far , I will try all of the above when I have a chance. I’ve also just purchased a small red dot finder to put on the scope so hopefully this will help as well. Fingers crossed..

It was ordered from flo a couple of years ago. This isn’t my photo but it’s set up similar to this

First time using my scope after a long time out , unfortunately clouds came in a bit quick but managed to see some meteors which was a bonus! Apologies for the poor quality.

Hi everyone, I have just started getting back into stargazing using az-gti mount with a Talenet cell battery . I have practised indoors aligning the scope making sure that the controls are pointing west and the scope parallel to the ground pointing north and “tested” it aligning the sun and seemed to be in the right direction. On my first a couple of tests I was having issues where the scope was pointing upsidown etc and changing the scope and mounts position fixed this. However after my first time trying it properly I followed the same steps yet it was way far out of the actual object. I tried using Polaris as well as Altair. I haven’t had a successful run with this yet and slowing losing my mind as I really want to test out the scope. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Have always been curious about this robot. The pictures seem quite good.

Thanks Guys, think I’ve managed to fix it but now the mount itself won’t turn on.. not having the best luck so far with all of this. Appreciate the help.

Hi everyone, I’m not too sure what happened but after finally setting up the heq5 the bolt that tightens the mount is stuck and can’t tighten any further. As you can see the by the photo. Not sure what the best solution is. Any help advice would be appreciated.

You guys need to stop. It’s sorted and it’s fine they were just giving me advice and it was helpful. Don’t take it so personally.

Thanks all for the help. A lot of info to take in. I guess the best solution would be to try with out guiding first and give it a go. At least I now have some idea on what to get for when I want to go the next step. Cheers everyone.

Thanks for the info, I did think that about the camera. I have been looking at mini pcs I’ve also been looking at the zwo asiair plus or there is a cheap pc Flo sells which looks like a good option. The power I currently is the skywatcher 17amp power bank. Would this be enough for everything?

It was to go on top of my z37. I didn’t want anything to big/heavy so this seems like a good choice. I will be buying a mini pc at some point to use with the guiding too.

Thanks both for the suggestions, that is what I was kinda looking for and seems like a great bundle. This is probably a stupid question but how do you power the camera? I have a powertank can I just plug it into that or will I need to by a mini pc? This is completely new for me so sorry about the questions!

Hi guys, I am currently in the market for a guide camera and scope. My budget is fairly limited so can’t go above £200 really if that’s possible. A lot of people have suggested to get one as soon as i can . I haven’t used my rig yet so I’d thought I would get this purchase out the way any advise or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks stu, this was kind of on my bucket list to go to do so I wouldn’t want the moon to ruin it. I’ll see if I can push the dates back tomorrow. With observing with a full moon is it pretty much like doing it at a Bortle 7 sky? I was hoping to do some photography too so I guess that would be out the window if I went during those times apart from the back end. That chart is incredibly helpful. A bit reassuring that it slowly goes down near the end. And it’s good to know about the pre moon darkness.

Hi stu, the exact dates are the 9th of September to the 19th. After doing a bit more research I think it maybe best to see if I can change the dates. When is usually the best time for the moon cycle?

Hi Stu ( sorry for putting it in the wrong topic) I will be going to Tenerife for about 10 nights.

Hi all, I will be hopefully be travelling to a dark skies site in the near future with a possibility of renting a 300p lightbridge. However when I go it will be when the moon is at its brightest mid September. Bad planning on my end. I just wanted to know what will I still be able to see and if it would be worth investing in any filters at all to make the experience a bit better? thanks for the help.

The only place I know is canary island which is supposed to be quite popular and has tours etc though I’m not sure if it has their own scopes. I will keep an eye on this as I also want to do something similar. I know @ollypenrice has a place in France that is sometimes available .though Africa sounds nice!

Thanks Steve, that’s quite a big selection I will have to have a look through all of them. I kind of spent a lot of money on my AP rig recently as its been something i wanted to do since I joined this forum in 2018 ( all have been bad influences haha😅) I guess as I’ve spent that much money it would always be worth matching it in software but I understand that even cheap or inexpensive software is still as good. I have heard of Pixinsight haven’t looked at it properly will definitely check out the others.

Haha, I believe you.. I did have a quick look and he seems to have a lot of useful videos.

Hi Steve, that’s exactly why I wanted to practice first, and probably better to do it with good data. I am currently not suing any software at the moment ( not really sure where to start!) thank you for the link will have a look.

Thank you, will have a look. I did think of that after I posted this might disappoint myself when going to use my own haha. I just wanted to dabble my feet a bit with the software as I know there’s quite a lot to choose from.