Thread: HEQ5 Alignment
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Old 21-02-2018, 10:29 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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I have tested my iPhone compass and level readings against my Accumaster digital inclinometer and Silva ranger 3 compass and the IPhone was out by a couple of degrees, so I opted not to use my IPhone for Astro settings

So there is no issue tweeking the Az knobs and Alt T bolts to manually centre the first star of a 2 star alignment ( in lieu of the hand controller directional buttons ) Does this ensure a better second star alignment and therefore a closer polar

All the responses on this post are great, getting to slowly understand the workings of an EQ mount ( absorbing everything ) You have to just get out there and give it a go , fail, read more advice, try again and again until you succeed.Learning is half the fun, the other half is swearing and throwing eye pieces against your neighbours fence
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