HEQ5 solar tracking help

[skyscanner]

Hi all,

I have a coronado pst on heq5 pro goto a DMK41 and televue power mate , i set it to solar rate and it tracks perfectly but how can i move the mount to view different areas of the sun with the synscan hand set arrow keys because of the magnified view?

any help greatly appreciated...cheers!!

[Cornelius Varley]

Press button 2 on the keypad and then any number on the keypad between 0 and 9. 0 sets a slow slew rate and 9 sets the highest slew rate available. Another option would be to use EQMOSAIC to control the mount.

[DrRobin]

Peter is correct. The mount tracks whichever object is selected, so if you slew to a new portion of the sky it tracks that new portion.

BTW how do you select the sun in the first place, it isn't in the handset. I normally select a nearby star or planet or just slew the mount round using the arrow buttons.

Robin

[skyscanner]

Peter is correct. The mount tracks whichever object is selected, so if you slew to a new portion of the sky it tracks that new portion.

BTW how do you select the sun in the first place, it isn't in the handset. I normally select a nearby star or planet or just slew the mount round using the arrow buttons.

Robin

[skyscanner]

Thank you both for your replies very much appreciated, getting to grips with everything involved is quiet a steep learning curve for a beginner as myself. I released the clutches and pointed at the sun and looked at the coronado `s built in finder then went in to tracking on the synscan handset and solar rate and enter and it tracks great. Again thank you both...cheers!!

[Matt Scunthorpe]

I use the shadow technique for finding it. When the telescope shadow is at its sharpest, not elongated, you know you have it. Of course, it is patchy cloud and it keeps covering the sun and removing the shadows, it gets frustrating!