About ready to scrap my EQM-35...

[ToHellAndBack123]

Not really, thing is worth selling on at least 🤣 

But I am losing my patience with it rapidly. I've got a 102 refractor on it currently, for visual only. I can get it level and balance the scope well, and the setup is well within the weight limit for observing. But I cannot get it aligned very well at all, and I believe the main reason to be because I cannot see Polaris from my house so I cannot align it using the polar scope, I cannot figure out how to connect it to my laptop, drift aligning is a complete mystery, and I'm basically useless. Because I'm using it for observing only atm and have no cameras etc, I cannot follow any aligning via autoguiding advice either. I'm stuck. I can set it all up and begin aligning, but even doing a 3 star align I am always well off target (for example, tried Sirius today, was pretty much in the right direction but the scope was pointing too low). Whenever I use the handset to find the target and then try the next star, its always off again. 

Basically...help? Anyone else in a similar situation? I'm at the point where I'd genuinely pay for someone to come and show me what to do. If we weren't in lockdown, I'd beg! 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by ToHellAndBack123

[happy-kat]

What are using to enter the setup data, if you have a smartphone then synscaninit will tell you what to enter on setup just in case something so far input has been wrong.

[happy-kat]

Also this might be of use just for the polar allignment bit

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/362486-how-to-get-quick-and-easy-polar-alignment-and-add-a-push-to-finder-screen-to-an-eq2-mounted-scope-all-for-%C2%A320/

Edited February 27, 2021 by happy-kat

[powerlord]

have you tried using the mobile apps ( polar align pro on iOS, polaraligner pro on android).

both have daylight modes which align via your mobile gyros and are pretty accurate - certainly sufficient for visual.

stu

[ToHellAndBack123]

9 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

Also this might be of use just for the polar allignment bit

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/362486-how-to-get-quick-and-easy-polar-alignment-and-add-a-push-to-finder-screen-to-an-eq2-mounted-scope-all-for-%C2%A320/

Thank you so much! The app really helped me check everything over, and I'm looking at this link right now

[ToHellAndBack123]

6 minutes ago, powerlord said:

have you tried using the mobile apps ( polar align pro on iOS, polaraligner pro on android).

both have daylight modes which align via your mobile gyros and are pretty accurate - certainly sufficient for visual.

stu

Oooo no I haven't - I'm absolutely going to give them a try now though! Thank you!