ninjageezer Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) First time out last night with new kit ,thought i would try the three point polar alignment plugin, but kept getting the error in the attached photo . the mount seemed to move to the first 2 locations no bother ,it was the 3rd when the error appeared and i noticed the mount only moved a tiny bit then stopped .could the mount have moved to its limit ? i tried adjust as per tips in the error box. Edited March 30, 2022 by Cornelius Varley background colour removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adyj1 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 If you try posting to the Nina discord channel you will often get a very quick reply.. https://nighttime-imaging.eu/ (click Menu then Discord) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyj1 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I had the same error. Make sure the setting 'start from current position' is selected ON (assuming you have slewed to some area of clear sky) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageezer Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 9 hours ago, mikeyj1 said: I had the same error. Make sure the setting 'start from current position' is selected ON (assuming you have slewed to some area of clear sky) cool will give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageezer Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 24/03/2022 at 12:40, mikeyj1 said: I had the same error. Make sure the setting 'start from current position' is selected ON (assuming you have slewed to some area of clear sky) not from its home position ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyj1 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, ninjageezer said: not from its home position ? I think you are better slewing to either east or west depending on your available sky, and then start from there.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageezer Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 25/03/2022 at 23:47, mikeyj1 said: I think you are better slewing to either east or west depending on your available sky, and then start from there.. ok tried your suggestion last night and it worked great thank you . hate the horrible metal adjusters on the HEQ5 mount though .east west was easy but took an age to get the elevation right.....😉 got 3 good hours of data captured on the pinwheel hopefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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