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EQ8 Help thread
Hi all, borne of necessity, I thought as more and more people buy the EQ8, it might be handy to have a thread where we can all go have a look for common problems with understanding a new mount.
I'll start off...
Finally I have got some time to spend with the new mount setting it up.
I've been through all the entering of time, date and location on my SkyScan controller (comes with the EQ8 as it did with the EQ6). I've come to the part where is asks if I want to do a 1, 2 or 3 star alignment. It then goes on to give me a selection of stars, none of which are visible and it also tells me the moon is below the horizon when I can quite clearly see it in the sky above me.
Obviously I've missed something big. I thought it might have been the South and East designators on my coordinates, but I just checked and they are correct.
Any help?
Cheers,
Baz.
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