roughy
14-08-2012, 08:22 PM
All the necessary hardware has now arrived to enable me to setup up the PMX and telescopes in the observatory this coming weekend. I will be setting up two scopes side by side.
I was wondering if I may ask what to some may seem the obvious but I would appreciate achieving some clarity.
Firstly, park position. My observatory is easily large enough for this mount and scopes except the slide off roof height. I will not be able to open or close it with the mount in the home position. Page 26 of the manual seems to indicate that he RA axis can be parked close to horizontal (counterweights below horizontal) but the scopes must be pointing above an arc running east to west thought the pole. This too, may pose a problem with the slide off roof height.
Will I encounter any problems parking the mount with both axes close to horizontal. Advice appreciated or some photos of other park position setups.
Secondly, is the following the correct order of steps to undertake before using as well as creating tpoint models and doing PEC: home, rough polar align, synch, precise polar align then park.
Apologies for sounding a bit dense but a lot of the manual is unclear to me and this is the most sophisticated bit of kit I have ever had and I'm determined to get it right.
Cheers
Mark
I was wondering if I may ask what to some may seem the obvious but I would appreciate achieving some clarity.
Firstly, park position. My observatory is easily large enough for this mount and scopes except the slide off roof height. I will not be able to open or close it with the mount in the home position. Page 26 of the manual seems to indicate that he RA axis can be parked close to horizontal (counterweights below horizontal) but the scopes must be pointing above an arc running east to west thought the pole. This too, may pose a problem with the slide off roof height.
Will I encounter any problems parking the mount with both axes close to horizontal. Advice appreciated or some photos of other park position setups.
Secondly, is the following the correct order of steps to undertake before using as well as creating tpoint models and doing PEC: home, rough polar align, synch, precise polar align then park.
Apologies for sounding a bit dense but a lot of the manual is unclear to me and this is the most sophisticated bit of kit I have ever had and I'm determined to get it right.
Cheers
Mark