help with tracking

[tony69]

good morning

i need some advice / help please

i have just moved to a new house and have a big problem a 90ft wall in the way of polaris i have a skywatcher 150pl on a eq5 pro goto i have my long and lat set on controler but as i can not polar align is my scope now useless or is there a way i can set it up and still track my targets or not please?

[martin_h]

Its not usless, people south of the equator don't have a handy star to line up on like we do. If you are just observing, set the altitude on the mount and point it north using a compass, it will get you close enough, if you are imaging, then drift aligning will get you spot on..

Andy's Shot Glass - Drift Alignment for Amateur astrophotography,ccd, Neutonians and Refractors, amateur astronomy

[Cornelius Varley]

There is a new version of the firmware for the EQ Synscan, V3.28, which has a polar alignment routine that will help you. The firmware is in beta form at the moment and can be downloaded from here

Peter

[tony69]

do i down load this to hand controler or just to pc ?

[tony69]

have set my lat and long on hand controller and have a good north marking on the ground thanks to a fgood compass will my hand set now find targets iam looking for please.

[Cornelius Varley]

The handset needs to be reflashed with the new firmware. Software to do this is available from here. The instructions on how to update the firmware are in the instruction manual.

Peter