Balancing East-Heavy for auto-guiding

[Rudy Pohl]

Could you please look over these two diagrams and comment as to whether the balancing principles are correctly depicted here, and if not, could you point out where the error is?

I have begun auto-guiding my Star Adventurer and I want to make sure that I am doing the "east heavy" balancing correctly.

Thanks very much,
Rudy

[paul mc c]

Thanks for posting,Ill watch this,it still confuses me.

[alacant]

Hi

Yeah, that's it.

The easiest way to do it is to balance perfectly then mark the position [1] of the counterweight (CW) on the shaft.

If your target dictates the telescope is on the east side of the pier, move the CW 1cm toward the mount.

If west, move the CW away from the mount.

If it flips, make sure you move the CW 2cm.

HTH 

[1] make sure you can see the mark in the dark!

[lux eterna]

I would like to simplify things further. Skip the north, south, Polaris, meridian etc. This is what counts :

Always make the RA motor fight a bit against gravity.

Ragnar

[Rudy Pohl]

41 minutes ago, lux eterna said:

I would like to simplify things further. Skip the north, south, Polaris, meridian etc. This is what counts :

 

Always make the RA motor fight a bit against gravity.

Ragnar

 

Hi Ragnar,

I like that! Good one.

Rudy

[Rudy Pohl]

6 hours ago, alacant said:

Hi

Yeah, that's it.

The easiest way to do it is to balance perfectly then mark the position [1] of the counterweight (CW) on the shaft.

If your target dictates the telescope is on the east side of the pier, move the CW 1cm toward the mount.

If west, move the CW away from the mount.

If it flips, make sure you move the CW 2cm.

HTH 

[1] make sure you can see the mark in the dark!

Thanks for your reply and further advice, much appreciated!

Rudy