ToHellAndBack123 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Hi all! So, after putting off getting an EQ mount forever and a day, I've recently purchased an EQM-35. I'm having some difficulty wrapping my tiny brain around using it! My main issue currently is that polaris isn't visible from my house (its behind another house and a very bright street light). So I cannot see polaris through the polar scope. I have gotten fairly close to where I think Polaris should be using stellarium, but I still cannot see it. I have been told I can compensate for that roughly by doing a 3 star alignment and correcting the mount as I go, but I cannot do this. Whenever I try a 3 star alignment the mount will slew to whatever the first target is, say Sirius - and when it is off, I cannot correct the mount at all. The slewing buttons just don't work. At all. But when I go to the next star, it slews perfectly again. And then won't let me slew to correct. Is this right? I know I'm not using the damn thing properly, but all I want to do is things at the moment, I'm not trying to image anything. Basically, I'm an idiot, and I'm out of my depth, and help...please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seelive Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 What is the speed (accessed using the RATE key) setting? If you skip the alignment process, can you move the mount using any of the 4 the direction keys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP82 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Press the "Rate" key and then select the slew speed using the numpad, 1 being the slowest and 9 being the fastest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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