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Old 12-10-2014, 11:56 AM
04Stefan07 (Stefan)
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
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.
Oh crap, I forgot to do a proper polar alignment!

I slid the weight as far up as possible but it was still not enough and everything was clamped down.
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