How to re-center an object with synscan controller

[teztwister]

Does anyone know how you recenter an object with the synscan controller , i have done it with the meade by pressing enter for a coupel of seconds then recenter the object, but for the life of me cannot find out how to do this with the synscan , can you even do it or what else could i do .

Thanks Tez

[James]

Pressing enter 2 or 3 times should do the job with a Synscan controller too.

James

[Parallax]

With the object centred in the FOV, press ESC for 2 seconds then press Enter to confirm, or ESC to abort.

Steve

[teztwister]

With the object centred in the FOV, press ESC for 2 seconds then press Enter to confirm, or ESC to abort.

Steve

I have tried that escape for 2 seconds but it dosent work !!

Tez

[vincentnm]

Press Esc once. And then press Esc for 2 seconds. It will then display a menu "Recentering ...". Now recentre your objecta nd press Enter.

Cheers

Vincent.

[AndyBooth]

Ok, let me ask a question here, what exactly happens?

e.g. If for example I slew to an object at 12hr 34' 00"

and it is a bit off centre. I centre it...

(moving the scope to 12hr 36' 00" as regards the synscan model).

I Esc then Esc for 2 secs then press enter to store PAE.

Does the synscan now read 12hr 34' 00" as intuition seems?

[moflaher]

Perhaps you can help me with this issue.

Hi All:

I am using a skywatcher AZ goto 102 MC (frimware 3.07), bought a week ago. I can't align it properly. Although both the brightest star and 2 star align procedure is completed (I have tried several pairs several stars: alpheratz, polaris, capella, vega), the goto accuracy is really bad. Sometimes off by about 15-20 degrees.

I have tried some of the remedies discussed (power, stiffening of the tripod, park, factory reset, etc) but no joy.

What i discovered is that it seems that the scale printed in the mount and the handset give different positions:

1. The OTA= 35 degrees altitude (checked with an ipod level app)

2. The AZ mount scale= 35 degrees

3. The handset "show position function"= 59 degrees

It looks like the handset is denying reality and creating one of its own.

I will contact the vendor for advice, but any suggestions will be more than wellcome.

Thanks!

Martin

[MikeP]

It may not be an appropriate solution for you but using EQMOD and a (ideally wireless) joystick of some sort makes life vastly simpler.

Mike