MESU/Sitech questions
Hi all,
Powered up the MESU and so far so good. Thanks for excellent guide by Steve Richards
A couple of questions please? Could research this more but thought I'd quickly ask the SGL oracle first. The full Sitech manual looks pretty ferocious!
When first powered from new the mount clearly has no idea where it is pointing. OK, I could use the hand controller, slew to a star and use a EP to center it then SYNC. Same as with EQmod.
However, I want to eliminate that EP bit.
Has anyone made their horizon file during the day? Talked to Dan at Sitech and he said position the scope on the east or west side with the counterweight bar horizontal. Then open up skyview and right click on zenith and do an offset init appropriate to the telescope pointing direction. Do this and you should be able to make a horizon file in the daytime without being aligned to the night sky. I did this but the az seems way off when rotating about the RA axis. Steppenwolf mentioned making poin