What am I doing wrong?

[rigel1]

Thanks Arthur :

Hope all's well now. :D

Rigel1

[steppenwolf]

Can anyone tell me how to set up my EQ6 when it arrives please.

A look at this article on my website may assist with certain aspects of it:-

http://home2.btconnect.com/astro-site/polar_alignment.htm

[geoff_k]

Trudie

Good news. Hope you enjoy using the go-to. It does save time given the limited clear skies we get.

Geoff

[Tiny]

When some of these go to go wrong according to one site you have to start with the factory settings then set everything up from scratch. This seems to work for some machines that have got their knickers in a twist.

[Roy Batty]

Hi Trudie,

Well what a journey for you and all over just a few days!

Here's a tip for you on first setting up:

When aligning your scope in "park postion" when first setting up, before you power up, use the finder scope to line up on polaris, asuming your scope and finder are fairly well setup. This should give you a fairly good first star alignment (at least in the finders fov) - subsequent 2nd and 3rd stars should then be within the fov of a 20mm ep. (possibly a smaller ep seeing as youre using an ED80?).

I'm sure you'll see a rapid return on your investment as time spent is all observing time , and not a frustrating search for that elusive DSO.

All the best, and here's for some clear skies

RB

[rigel1]

Can anyone tell me how to set up my EQ6 when it arrives please.

A look at this article on my website may assist with certain aspects of it:-

http://home2.btconnect.com/astro-site/polar_alignment.htm

Thanks Steppenwolf for the link. Saved.

Mount finally arrived today (Tripod Yesterday) :x and needing to give it a once or twice over to make sure alls well.

Some mount. :shock:

Rigel1

[themos]

Experience is when you realize you've made the same mistake before.