Lupris

Hey, its me again A quick question, is there something different to control the mount via laptop? I got the cable to connect the mount with my laptop and this week i finally have clear skies again. Like how do i start the tracking of the mount? via ascom eqmod?

okay, so no problems later, good to know

Yes, but i looked the scale on the mount and read it. I wrote it wrong, my bad. Sharpcap only said, i have to move the mount up, i was looking at the latitude scale after adjusting and it was at 51.3, thats what i meant. But the "problem" is solved, now i know, that sharpcap does it different

My polar alignment was 4 secs off, according to sharpcap, "excellent"

yes, but i may be a problem later. I'll take a look into the Guiding.pdf, thanks for that If i have clear skies before the cable arrives, i'll try it with the st4 cable again

I'll try again as soon as the eqdir cable arrives. A point to mention is, my LAT is 50.06, its set on the mount itself, but if i polar align with sharpcap, it says i have to move it up to around 51.3. Is that normal, because the guide scope is higher than the polar scope in the HEQ5, right?

Oh okay, so i misunderstood it all the time, good to know. Now i understand, thanks

wouldnt i hear the mount moving? i mean its quiet loud, or does it make almost no noise when moving just a few pixels?

But even if it was to small, i should've moved right? but it doesnt

Okay, i have to try that out next time, big thanks! I'll let u know, once the cable arrives and yeah the clear skies thing

Ín the east, so yes, i move the mount away from polaris. do i have to control the handset myself for sidereal tracking or is that a utility option in the handset?

yes, thats correct.

The cable will be delivered by tuesday next week. And i need clear skies, looks bad so far but lets see, the weather apps are not reliable lately

Yes. But i bought a EQDir cable, to move the mount with nina and phd2

does it have to be star aligned for that? i just near the star?