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Old 06-12-2010, 03:14 PM
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Thanks guys, appreciate your quick and knowledgable answers. Only one thing appears to be true after all: as soon as I purchased - the clouds rolled in and it looks like they`re gonna stay for a while....

But since I have you here:
how would you best adjust the height of the scope in the cradle. It has adjustable studs on either side and I tried my best to reach an equilibrium state with my most commonly used eyepiece. However, the balancing point changes with the angle at wich I point the scope towards the sky - a point closer to the horizon and the scope stays still, another point closer to zenith and it tends to move. Even with fully tightened clutches the effect remains and makes higher power planetary work rather painful.
Any suggestion how to overcome this self-movement?
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