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Originally Posted by silv
DualLevel is the app I use to set the ballhead to the required latitude.
Just place the iPhone flat on the quick release plate and adjust ahead.
The astro app I use is Skysafari (Plus).
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Annette, I don't have an iphone but maybe Android might offer a similar App. I'll look into it. I have tried something like that technique you mentioned using an App called Stellarium but I found my phone's gyro not accurate enough. I did think about putting one of my wifes knitting needles through that hole and sighting like you suggested. Good to see someone else on the other side of the world is mad enough like me to try a 500mm lens on this tiny tracker. The steppers in this unit are rather good I think to be able to handle the long focal lengths at reasonable exposures. Widefield should be a breeze for us when we use the shorter focal length lenses. We should maybe get minutes exposure rather than seconds.
The Sculptor galaxy is very high overhead at this time of year in Australia. I imagine in Germany it would be low in the south. I have taken shots of it with my 8 inch Newtonian but it's a first without a telescope, it is tricky finding it then trying to centre it in the view finder, especially when it moves after you tighten the ballhead. Thanks for letting us know at IceInSpace about your experiences with the Nano Tracker.