[mikerr (Michael)]

Hi Steve, attached are a few pictures showing the mounting plates I made for both the top of my Celestron tripod and my Pier.

You can see the white dots on the two halves of the MiniTower MkII which represent the park position. Then you can also see the mark on the MkII little mounting leg and the mark on the Mounting plate adjuster.

The little leg with the mark has to always sit on the adjuster with the mark. Then I line up the two little white dots and it is in the Park position as far as South-North is concerned. Set the OTA vertical using a little level and the mount is completely in the Park position and ready to find objects.

This system only works on the fixed pier. I guess if the tripod was returned to a fixed location on the ground it would work there as well. I only use the tripod to fiddle with things indoors.

If any of this is not clear please come back to me with questions.

Rgds

Michael