Thanks for the input everyone.
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Originally Posted by doppler
and as for the counter weight issue, I got a set of dumbbell weights from Kmart , around $50 with 1 and 2 kg weights just slip one between the 5 kg ones.
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Originally Posted by jenchris
Pop down ro your local tyre place and ask for a couple of kilos of old wheel weights.
Melt and pour into a suitable container which you can remove later. A beer tin works well. Drill and place between the other weights.
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Rick and Jennifer's solutions are simple yet very effective, props to you guys! But before putting more weight on the system I'm also thinking of getting an extension shaft. Can anyone tell if the extension of the NEQ6 would fit onto HEQ5 shaft?
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Originally Posted by Imme
So based on the setup it's a 'lucky shot' in your opinion?  |
Hello there Jon
I'm sorry if my bad wordings created any sort of confusion
. When I said lucky I was referring to my aligning problem which I mentioned in the first post.
I had no idea how to correctly align the mount without seeing anything in the polar scope. I did roughly point it at the south using compass, then tried to correct it with PHD2's drift align. But the drift lines kept switching from almost vertically up to almost vertically down, even after very small adjustments in the mount's DEC and RA.
Out of frustration and boredom I opened PHD1, calibrated, clicked a star and then started guiding expecting it to fail just like the drift align in PHD2, but it didn't! I wasn't sure (and still not up to now) if it is the PHD1's guiding or whatever I did right in setting up the mount that night that made it work. And I consider it lucky because I have near to 0 confidence that I'll pull that alignment off again next time.