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Originally Posted by 04Stefan07
I am trying to align my mount with the Sun but it always starts to drift out of view. I am just using the PST on the mount with the L bracket adapter. Is not having the counterweight making the Sun drift out of view or would it be my true North heading?
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Stefan, I would have thought a PST was light enough an HEQ5 could cope without much in the way of weights. Maybe a good size fishing sinker and some gaffer tape. Did you slide the weight as far up the shaft as it would go? Everything is clamped down tightly enough so the adapter is not slipping?
The Sun drifts in declination so even if you are tracking at a solar rate it won't stay centered. Having said that, the drift is small. Any error in polar alignment will cause a bigger drift.