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This is only a couple of weeks ago and I'm now 2.5 years in. I have had the Skywatcher AZEQ5 for nearly 1.5 years now and have hated the pier extension part that raises it (bought the mount second hand). So about a month ago, I decided I was going to remove it. So it all went successful and my scope isn't long enough that it hits the tripod.
Apparently because of this removal, the scope is long enough. So when I was imaging in B1 skies about a month ago, I left the scope alone and went inside for about an hour. Go back outside to check on the scope and there is the scope, stuck, sitting on the leg with the gears probably grinding inside it. Dunno what the effect of the mount being belt driven has to do with the performance.
Anyway, I have since worked out that there is a certain declination that the scope will hit the legs in im not careful. So theres my great stuff up of the year.
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