Hi guys, I've just bought a Synscan Go-To upgrade kit for my 150 x 1200mm Skywatcher refractor and am having some trouble with the alignment process.
I 'South Polar aligned' the scope using a compass, as my EQ5 mount doesn't have a polar scope attached. Everything went well until I got to the three star alignment. I chose Sirius from the menu as the first star and the scope skewed around to roughly where Saturn was......(
missed by a few million light years). After 2 hours of re-running the set up and no joy, I gave up.
I'm wondering if the South Polar alignment can only be accurately accomplished using a polar scope? I'm new to this, so any ideas would be appreciated.
P.S. I purchased a dual axis clock drive (for EQ3 & EQ5) before deiding on the Go-To. It's still in the box, so if anybody wants it, they can have it for $170 + postage.