William Jones

I have found out what the problem has been. I assumed that the altitude scale on the eq5 Pro Mount May well have been roughly accurate. I set it to approx 52.5 degs. 

This evening I removed the polar scope and inserted my laser pointer into the aperture expecting the beam to be pretty close to Polaris. It was about 15 degs out!!!

so much for skywatchers scale accuracy.

I adjusted the altitude still with the laser pointer for guidance.

went through the polar alignment procedure in Sharpcap Pro and without any problems I Platé solved and got a good polar alignment.

looking at the altitude dial on the mount and it reads 67 degs.

what a palava.

Anyway it is sorted now.

thanks guys

Ah I can see it on your Sharpcap details. 1.56 degs x 1.17 degs.

I believe with my setup it is 1.7 degs x 1.3 degs 

Thats a great bit of info,many thanks for that.

Do you happen to know with your setup using the Skywatcher findersope and  AR030C GPCAM what the FOV is at all ?

Will

Thanks guys , I appreciate all your help

Thanks rwg. The equip I am using is a BST starguider 50mm mini guide scope and an Altair Astro GPCAM ARO 130C colour camera

Tried the polar alignment feature on SharpCap Pro.

Failed miserably.

I even had Polaris in the fov 

Would not detect enough stars to plate solve. I tried it for about 90 mins in total but it would not get to the plate solve.

what am I doing wrong?

I tried exposures from 2secs up to 6secs.

Adjusted the gain, but all to no avail.

Totally frustrated.

Any help would be very much appreciated 

Will

Does the first image taken using SharpCap Pro need to have the pole star in it?

You guys have convinced me .

I will purchase the Pro version. 

I take it that is “Pole Master ?”

Thanks guys, it seems like a “no brainier”

Hi guys

always striving for better polar alignment I was wondering whether anyone had used the polar alignment feature on Shapcap Pro.

I realise it is only about £10 per annum to get the pro version .

How easy and accurate is it to use?

thanks

Will

Hi Guys

I am pondering over whether to add the EQ5 goto upgrade kit to my Skywatcher EQ5 Mount.

Has anyone done this ?

Could you tell me how easy/difficult the installation is and how useful is the upgrade in practice.

thanks

Will