Skywatcher HEQ5 mount

[anthony.tony]

Hello Can I use a HEQ5 Mount Just to Track and Manually Slew .Without going through The Goto Star Alingment set up.Say I just want to set it up in a Rush Rough Visual Alignment Poer it Up Put scope on and let it track -and just Do Manual Slewing to Correct Tracking erros. Tony

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Well you could just press enter instead of centring the target stars I guess
Provided your south Polar alignment is close, I'm sure you'd be within coooeee-

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Just skip the setup procedure at start up. Too easy.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

As jjj says just skip the setup>alignment procedure, but go into your tracking settings and make sure its selected sidereal. Sometimes with some of the heq/eq mounts they will default to terrestrial if you bypass the alignment procedure.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL sometimes they default to terrestrial mode on their own, just to see if you're paying attention.

[anthony.tony]

Thank you very much for the Help -Tony

[White Rabbit]

If you bypass the set up process you will need to go into settings/tracking/sidereal and hit enter to engage the tracking motors.