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Yeah the scope needs to be balanced for the best results but then when I view the eyepiece sometimes ends up at rediculously difficult angles. I often rotate the tube of the scpe to move the eyepiece around to get the best angle for viewing. However this tends to ruin the balance of the tube on the mount (if that makes sense). I think that is why I get that movement throught the declination axis.
Just for the record I tried bigger screws but they don't seem to make much difference.
Hmmm I guess I will just need to keep the scope a bit balanced at least partially. Though I do wish there was a way to lock the mount in place without risk of threading the screws or the mount. I could probably replace the screw itself, as I have used other ones with the same thread, but the mount would be more trouble to fix.
Anyway it isn't really a major problem and I am sorry if it is a really simple question *shrug*. However this is my first decent scope. My last scope was a cheap 75mm refractor. You know the ones you purchase at the local discount store. Sure it was kind of ok and it showed the moon and Jupiters moons but it was not the best first scope to have when I look back on it. Now I have 6 inches of lovely aperutre if I can ever get it collimated right (arrrghhh another trial for me to stumble through).
Last edited by Legin; 09-08-2008 at 02:23 PM.
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