Neil H

You know the last part of the video that corner you can see is there anyway you can block some light out so its darker , I know you can't see a lot from there but it's better than nothing 

I am gutted too I have a caravan on a fishing lake which is on a farm so it's a dark site , been waiting all winter to get back up there but it's now closed due to this out break , so it's back garden again to night 

Hi mate download the free app for synscan it will give you the info to put in the handset 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RapidoDroid.synscaninit2

Mine is nearly as bad house to the South has trees at 30 feet tall , Polaris is behind roof of our house I get Venus for 20 mins before that goes over the roof out of sight , Orion plays hide and seek between all the trees 

Hi Paul sorry to hear your weekend went bad , I could not wait till tonight to get out with my telescope 😡 clouds and more clouds 

Hi all ok got the answer the EQ6 uses the same bolt thread as the HEQ5 so they say they will fit , so will upgrade to these 

Steve let me know how you get on please if it works for you and you get really good alignment on first star may be you can share what you did 

Hi if you go to the thread on fine tuning of synscan there is an option in the handset to turn off and this helps set up , but when you finish for the night make sure you park the scope so you start each time in the home position

Mine  is off on first star but it may be my setting  up as i can't  see Polaris at all 

Yes it is you can also calibrate the level so you know it's spot on , when you go into polar scope just click on daytime polar alignment and away you go I used a spare dove tail to mount my phone on then put this in the EQ mount to polar align

Hi I have the same problem I can't see Polaris it's behind the roof of next doors house I use this app and can even do polar alignment in the day time it seems to work ok for the tiny cost of £3.09

The app is polaraliner pro it does it all compass , tripod level , mount polar alignment

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_kechko.Polaralignment&hl=en_US

Hi well that looks nice , it reminds me of what wookie1965 had done to his mount , I do lift the mount to take pressure off the bolt as I adjust the angle , so touch wood it may not bend, but I am looking at different upgrade bolts just waiting for an answer as will they fit HEQ5

9 hours ago, Ibbo! said:

Just a thought , what is the length of the bolt on the other side?

Is it worth swapping them over.

Hi I don't think it will work as the bolt with ratchet on will hit balance weight , so either I cut it down or try and find different upgrade bolts 

Thanks will take a look 

Them bolts you have look spot on , if it comes to you were you got them can you give me a shout p!ease 

Thank you Carole

2 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

I would cut 10mm off that bolt then try it again if it still catches but is very close cut another 5mm then that should fit. Saves money takes a couple of minutes. 

Hi Paul I may try that I have nothing to loose 

Hi Carole thank you been a great help , 356astronomy do upgrade bolts which look like the original bolts (no ratchet) but are tougher steel so won't bend so I may get them £6.60 for the long bolt 

Ok Carole that would be a help thank you 

I tried to cut first bolt down in length I put the red button in line with the drop down handle of the original bolt to get the length so it would miss the polar scope but that made it to short to work the latitude , so when the guy made a new bolt for me I took off a fair few mm but this still didn't help 

If it's not to much of a pain could you measure the thread length of your bolt please  I can cut this one down to your size and try it 

12 hours ago, joe aguiar said:

Can I ask y u wanted to upgrade the bolts?

Was oringinal ones rusted? Bent? Or u wanted one with better hand knobs?

Joejaguar 

Hi Joe I read that they bend so wanted to upgrade

12 hours ago, carastro said:

I normally have to remove the dust cap to turn the rear latitude bolt.  Once I have done the adjustments I simple turn the ratchet away from the Dust cap.  I am at 51 degrees.   Have you got a photo.  My HEQ5 is about 7 - 8 years old. 

Most people replace them as the originals are inclined to bend.  

I do remove to cap but it hits the polar scope lens at about 50 degs and this bolt has been made shorter by the guy for me the threaded part is 70mm long 

Well I am stumped I ordered the HEQ5 latitude upgrade bolts the one that has a ratchet on the long bolt , when fitting the bolt it gets jammed on the polar scope  then the red button broke off , so I got another this one was shorter and same thing I get to 50 Degs and it gets jammed on polar scope again , I don't want to brake my polar scope 

all I can think is that my 9 year old HEQ5 is different to the new HEQ5 ? So back to the original bolts and hope they dont bend 

Hi and welcome from Luton 

Hi you can also defocus the star so it's easier to get it centred 

Mine is a little off as well so would be nice to find the answer I have only used go-to twice so I have a fair way to go 

Do you have the synscan app gives you all the data you need to put in the handset 

Hi and welcome to the hobby measured in light years 

Nice binoculars if you get the book turn left at Orion it will show what you can see with binoculars and what needs a telescope your be amazed at what you can see 

Hi and welcome 

Hi I went from a 114 to a 150/750 the images were much clearer and sharper , but this was just a stepping stone to use till I got my 200 and OMG you can see so much more if you can afford the 200 go for it 

Warm welcome I believe no matter what forum you on we are all part of this big astro club 🙂