This thread has been very interesting! At least I know I am not alone!
At last Astrofest I struggled with my brand new EQ6's GOTO functionality. It wasn't until some week's later that I discovered that the latitude scale was off by 6-8 degrees. That had been the one thing I figured I didn't have to worry about!
Now there are questions about the bubble level?
I don't know about you, but when I pay a considerable sum of money for a mount, I expect that at least the simplest parts of it should work as advertised. After all, how hard is it to get the latitude scale aligned correctly, or to place a bubble level accurately? It wouldn't cost that much more - the time difference is not that significant and the wages aren't that high!
I really like my mount and have generaly been very happy with its performance, but these little niggles just make it harder.
Well I'm off to get a level to check the level now.
