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Old 05-05-2020, 09:55 AM
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Regarding setting home position
You have to loosen the green RA and DEC clock rings 2 or 3 turns out in order for them to rotate with the RA and DEC axis
My HEQ5 is getting a bit old and weathered now so sometimes I have to loosen them and hold them with my thumb against the mount so they rotate with the movement of the mount axis thereby getting an accurate clock angle
Does that make sense ?
Yeah i turn the RA clock ring do the whole home setup procedure. put it zero and screw it tight and then when i turn the mount it just doesnt move. It stays on zero. The dec clock works fine. but i think maybe something is broken with the RA clock?
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