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On 29/01/2014 at 13:21, Tommohawk said:

Hi.

I realise this thread is not new, but have just noticed exactly the same thing as the OP. When you have the top rotating section set dead straight with the scope off, the dial looks adrift. But note that the slot for the dovetail doesnt run straight through the top section - no idea why. So although the dial looks skewiff, it is probably OK.

I spent quite some time deliberatley realigning the dial before realising my mistake late last night. So now I hae to re-align it again Grrr.

Equally puzzling is that if you look at the pointer on the opposite side, its about 10 degrees adrift from the other. Cant see why at all.

Cheers

Tom

Yep, still the same after 5 years. Left-one is correct.

On 29/01/2014 at 23:12, Tommohawk said:

Aaarggh. Sorry, previous post of mine incomplete.

View from front does make dial appear offset:

And also the dovetail slot is somewhat angled in the mount:

However, I checked that with the Dec pointer showing 90 deg.....

..... the scope was at maximum elevation using a inclinometer:

The reason I am keen to ensure that this is accurate, is because the easiest way for me to get polar alignment (without polarscope (yes, I know I should get one))  is to set Dec to 90, and then get pole star visible in scope. Provided the Dec is accurate, and the tripod is level, this works OK.

The other point, no pun intended, is that when the indicator shows 90, the pointer on the other side appears way off. It shows about 80deg:

I really hope this makes sense, and might even be of some help to someone!

I know that it is not the newest post, but I have the same issue.

I have new EQ3-2 and I was hell of a wondering why I see nothing on my second session (firs time I was looking for Tycho nebula, which is visible only in X-rays). I ve put water-based inclinometer on it and realized that the one pointer with black triangle is correct, the other white one is exactly 10° off. Actually the correct one is quite hidden with Dec motor and if you are watching starting with west Dec move, you better off using the bad one pointer and just subtract 10°.

I see no reason why it is off and my guess is that it is construction mistake?

Hi,

Any idea how to se Cartes du ciel to continously update Local sidereal time - it take the time when you launch app and than keep the same all the time.

Thanx 4 reply and a lot of good imaging in new year.

18 minutes ago, johninderby said:

The regular HEQ5 and HEQ5 Syntrek are now discontinued so your best hope of finding one is to look for a used one. Would think all the dealers have sold out of these old mounts now.

What they are selling now?: Only HEQ-5 Pro Synscan? 

I ve also heard somewhere that some HEQ-5 has better tracking engine, is the difference between Pro and non-Pro?

On 08/01/2019 at 01:34, cletrac1922 said:

Hi Alan from land down under

If you want to do AP, then you definitely going to need a mount with GoTo

Was not aware that the HEQ5, came without GoTo, and SynScan hand controller

I have a EQ5, with a SW ED80, and recently purchased the Wi-Fi adaptor, and use APP from my Android phone to control the mount

John 

To me - new to AP and not from richest countries - 130 pound extra put GOTO off the list. It is damn easy to subtract sidereal time from RA and get exact position. Most DSO are anyway about 30' so you can easily find it manually and my cammera has 24000 ISO so I can check DSO position in few seconds, but mainly: if you are alone in the middle of night in the middle of deep forest in total dark with tones of wild animals around (there are many wild pigs in my spot, and I get encounter with them once - they were 5 m from me, and since than I am really trying to be as calm as possible) , last thing you want is some buzzing of GOTO.