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Old 22-09-2009, 10:16 PM
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Jupiter drifting from the view

Hi all,

For the entire past week I had issues in keeping any pointed object stable in the middle of the eyepiece for more then 2 seconds. Everything was slowly drifting out from the center to the bottom right side till I had to re-point it again. That made me crazy!
My girlfriend came up with the fact that "it is normal as per the earth is rotating" (wow faster than ever I thought).

So, stupid me, I just learned how to 'balancing an equatorial mount' and all my problems are gone.
I found this easy guide http://www.themcdonalds.net/~themcdo...uatorial_Mount

Hope it helps beginners like me.

Cris
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