Hey All,
it's me again
My newtonian turns to the left(east) in the upper axis RA - in park position. That's where the RA motor hangs (it hangs above the "hinge" on which the upper part rotates) , the focuser, the finder scope and the red dot finder.
If I twist the tube so that all the optical assistants are nicely on top of the scope the axis is stable during initial balancing.
But of course, then I can't do star aligning properly because I can't look through the focuser onto stars closer to the horizon.
Good balancing is a must for my piggyback imaging as it affects the motorized tracking.
How do you work around this on your newts?