Leon
Yeah you're right about drilling some holes in the pavers. I did that some months ago and it's holding alignment reasonably well. I guess the question is do I leave it like that and simply put an observatory/shed over and it is it possible to do imaging on it? People do it star parties so I can't see why a permanent NEQ6PRO tripod wouldn't work. Maybe it's all this chit chat about "I'm going to build a super solid pier so I can do imaging" that's thrown me a little. I still like the idea of using lasers to correct for movement.
Cheers
Stephen
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Originally Posted by leon
Maybe you should forget about the pier altogether.
If you have a decent mount, mounted on a decent tripod, you can easily stay aligned, like so many here do.
Drag out your set up and start getting it polar aligned, and when you know you have it right draw a tight circle around each tripod leg where it sits on the pavers.
Remove the tripod and in the center of each circle use a masonry drill bit and drill down about 12-15mm.
With that done all you have to do is plonk the same legs of the tripod into those drilled holes, you are now back to where you started, aligned.
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