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Originally Posted by Nico13
what if you lovely new peer has been installed with an East/West cant??
Surely that can't be adjusted out without the adjustable top plate
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That's the whole point, yes it can. The base of EQ mounts can be adjusted in altitude and azimuth.
So, imagine you have set up your mount perfectly and have your polar axis absolutely perpendicular to the axis of the Earth.
Now, keeping the axis parallel to that of the Earth, you can undo the alt and az locks and whiz that mount 100 miles away, and the base will adjust itself to the different plane of the Earth, but your polar axis is still parallel to that of the Earth, and you still have perfect polar alignment. Do up the locks and you're done.
That's the thing. The mount can be used anywhere on Earth, so of course the base does not have to be flat, you could have it at 30 degrees tilt if you wanted to, because that is exactly what someone 30 degrees away from you does.
Cheers,
Jason.