Skywatcher ED80 Espirit-your experience?

[xelasnave]

I will try the focuser end again and check my stars... Capricorn your day will be full of frustration and your plans unrealised.
Alex

[scopey (Les)]

xelasnave
Just to be clear, I come from an engineering background. I have built telescopes for my astro colleges, I would not take a hammer to a telescope with any kind of aggression. Looking from the rear of the scope you give it a light tap in the anti clock direction, (hit the pins that stand up from the ring) it should come loose. To use any kind of heat would tarnish and deface the scope.
scopey

[xelasnave]

Thanks scopey.
Alex

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Alex, this is an image of the Esprit 80 focuser I scraped from the web and highlighted what I use to rotate my camera angle. This is why I think the captain's wheel is superfluous.

To loosen, turn the forward ribbed wheel clockwise (red arrow), and the rearward one anti-clockwise (green arrow). If the forward one won't turn, then it is at the end of its travel, just turn the rearward one.

Once rotated to your desired angle, rotate the forward one anti-clockwise to interface with the rearward one.

Note since this is forward of the flattener, there is no impact on your stars.

[xelasnave]

Hi Dunk
Yes that is what I adjusted.
Maybe my polar was way off.
I didnot get much time but lined it up using my time exposure method which could be off.
I will set up as you suggest next time out and see what I get once I have established good alignment.
Thank you for going to the time and trouble to help.
Alex

[xelasnave]

The scope is put away but I think the distance between the flattner and sensor was changed...anyways I will look at it again.
It hasnt stopped raining here but when and if it does I will look at it before I take the hammer to it.
Anyways at my stage of the game framing is the least of my concerns.Thanks again.
Alex

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

No worries Alex, hope you get imaging again soon

It's lashing down here at the moment, but we need the rain...it's been a very dry summer.

[LewisM]

Dunk got it right. Just lock that ruddy capstan wheel and rotate with the black drawtube flanges.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

I agree with Lewis and Dunk as well on this as I have one of these that was taken off a 120mm Esprit on my iStar 127mm f8 and that's what I do as well , loosen the front ring turn the diagonal or camera to the desired position and re-lock this works well .

Not a bad focuser after a little fiddling .

Brian,

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Alex, this is an image of the Esprit 80 focuser I scraped from the web and highlighted what I use to rotate my camera angle. This is why I think the captain's wheel is superfluous.

To loosen, turn the forward ribbed wheel clockwise (red arrow), and the rearward one anti-clockwise (green arrow). If the forward one won't turn, then it is at the end of its travel, just turn the rearward one.

Once rotated to your desired angle, rotate the forward one anti-clockwise to interface with the rearward one.

Note since this is forward of the flattener, there is no impact on your stars.

[xelasnave]

Thank you Lewis and thank you Brian.
Alex