cant see through polar scope

[Daniel-K]

any body elese have this trouble when they got there mount?

[Photosbykev]

have you turned the dec axis through 90 degrees to align the hole in the shaft?

guess how I know about that problem lol

[barkis]

Which mount do you have? Most require you to turn the declination axis to line up a hole to enable you to see the sky . Also, there is a cap over the hole on top of the mount. That also needs to be removed.

Ron.

[Daniel-K]

yeah i did both of them last night but i couldnt see any stars through it. i have a heq5 pro

[The Sailor]

Two reasons why I could not see through my polar scope, one my body refused to let me bend down far enough, old age. The second was when I eventually contorted myself I found the light was too bright so turned it right down. I am looking to make a seat on wheels that will alow me to slide up to the scope and back out without trying to double my body up

Jim

[Daniel-K]

what light??

[Woody]

Also make sure that the counter weight bar is extended

[barkis]

Have you tried focusing the scope.? It will require turning the focus knob clockwise for quite a way to reach focus on stars. Focus it in daylight on a very distant object, so when you try on the sky the adjustment you make will be small.

Ron.

[Woody]

What light?

When you turn on the mount and look through the polar scope you will see a red light.

[The Sailor]

NEQ6 has a light in the scope, and yes woody, that does help , doing it in daytime I did wonder what that big thing was across the middle .

Jim

[Daniel-K]

i have no red light is that bad?

[Woody]

Make sure your mount is plugged into to your power source. Turn on the mount and a red light should come on (as well as the above mentioned polar scope light)

[Daniel-K]

yeah its all pluged in ive got it all set up in the kitchen with me at the moment but i can see through it now but how am i going to see through it in the dark with no light?

[Woody]

That's strange that the polar scope light is not on. If all else fails you can shine a red light torch down the tube into your eye so it illuminates the polar scope display. Do you have the Syntrek of Synscan HEQ5?

[Daniel-K]

synscan heq 5 would it be an easy fix?

[The Sailor]

My PS has a light but I found it a hinderance so turned it right down. I see the various marking on the scope same as I can see the cross on a finderscope, and I can see the stars no problem The hand controller for the NEQ6 has the options to turn the light up or down.

Jim

[Woody]

The Sailor - do you know if the HEQ5 pro Synscan has that same option of dimming that light? I wondered if the OP had this and it was turned right the way down?

[The Sailor]

Woody, I am using a SynScan and looking at the idiots guide I do the following:

Setup Mode > Handset Setting > Polar Scope

Sorry but am doing this from the handbook and it does not show the polarscope in the tree so if you get to Handset Setting you will have to search there.

Jim

[Woody]

Any joy Melibum with seeing if there is an option in your handset to adjust the brightness? If the rest of your mount is fine and it is only this light not working then I wouldn't worry about it. As previous posters have mention that light is in fact a bit of a pain because it is so bright.

[Daniel-K]

just check no setting for that i just wounderd if i will still be able to see polaris through it?

[The Sailor]

Well if you can see daylight and have focused it then you should have no problem.

Jim

[Daniel-K]

ok then im hoping to give it a go tonight but not looking good thanks for the help

[Psychobilly]

On the HEQ5 Pro the led is pretty dim and hard to see in daylight... but may be a bit bright at night

As others have said,.. make sure the counter weight bar is full extended and the puck is rotated through 90 degrees this gets the scope out of the way so you dont clobber your head on it when your looking through the polarscope...

Billy...

[Daniel-K]

ok just had the mount powerd up in the garden and it does have a red light but i couldnt manage to see polaris or any other star through it