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Old 24-07-2018, 09:09 AM
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Thanks for the responses. Yes, this is in relation to my Mach 1.

I have three places that I will setup. One at home, one at my dark site, one on a tripod at a friends place.

At my dark site, I spent a LOT of time making sure the pier was very level. Thats Pic1.

At home, I haven't worried too much about it. I don't expect to use it a lot at home. I really did it for testing purposes. Thats Pic2.

The tripod is the question. In the past with my EQ6 I felt I was chasing my tail a bit, and would eventually say "ah, what the hell". When in this situation I did the same - focus on the east/west level more than the north/south level and it did seem to work well.

But being an eq mount, and I usually guide, it sounds like the levelling in Pics1 and 2 will be fine. When I get setup, I will take some pics of the bullseye level. I didn't realise you could get them at Bunnings.

Darrell
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