[Chif (Andrew)]

Good Evening All,

I've been experimenting with my new setup over the past couple of months but am having a few constant issues. I was wondering if anyone here had some thoughts or advice.

First of all, I am having a very hard time getting a decent alignment. I've spent hours at a time on this and don't feel I'm getting any closer. I'm using a canon 400D, which does not have live view, prolonging the time it takes me to get the stars moving across horizontally. Also, as I'm using a bintel astrograph, I cannot get an eye piece in focus, so an illuminated reticle may be out of the question.

Also with alignment, I have had instances where I will make an adjustment, and the drift seems to stay moving the same velocity (even after drastic adjustments).

Also, when it comes to balancing my equipment, obviously as the scope rotates etc, the balance will be different to how it was original set up. I can tell when this is the case, because the mount (CGEM pro) will move faster, or shudder under the load. Is there any way to combat this?


If anyone has some advice for me, that would be great, and let me know if you need any more info!!

Thanks a million,

Andrew.