Darren Ball Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hi all, new to this staying up late malarky. I've harboured a long standing-interest in astronomy, but never done anything about it until recently when my 5yo sons almost fanatical interest in space and planets has allowed me sneak a few purchases under the radar. I thought that I'd cracked setting up an EQ Mount the other night, but trying to keep track of mars by having to juggle 2 dials proved otherwise. Back to the drawing board, methinks! +Streetbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Streetbob Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hi Darren welcome to EMS. I remember struggling with a manual eq mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Welcome to the forum Darren, ask any question you want on here we've all been at the start point!! Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Welcome to EMS Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hi Darren. You need to sort your polar alignment out then you will only need to move the RA to track objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hi Darren, welcome aboard. As Graham said, if you get your mount aligned with the north star you will only have to move in R/A ( right accession, left and right). And of course feel free to ask any questions you may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi Darren and welcome to EMS ? Like the guys have said - google polar alignment and you'll only need to slowly turn one axis to track anything. The rotation of the Earth handles the other axis for you automatically. Makes it one hell of a lot easier. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi Darren, a warm welcome to the forum. YouTube how to set up an EQ mount there are shed loads of videos on there, I reckon between them all you should be able to get an idea how yours should work best. Spend a bit of time getting the polar alignment as good as you can and objects will be much more enjoyable to view, as mentioned above you'll only then have to twiddle one adjustment to keep it in view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Ball Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 7 hours ago, BAZ said: Hi Darren, a warm welcome to the forum. YouTube how to set up an EQ mount there are shed loads of videos on there, I reckon between them all you should be able to get an idea how yours should work best. Spend a bit of time getting the polar alignment as good as you can and objects will be much more enjoyable to view, as mentioned above you'll only then have to twiddle one adjustment to keep it in view. Thanks Baz. After a bit of re-familiarising, it appears that I made a rookie error. Setting up in daylight for the first time, I foolishly assumed magnetic North and Celestial North were the same. DOH! BAZ and tuckstar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi welcome to the EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 No worries Darren, we have all been there mate, once you get the hang of it you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hi Darren, welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hi Darren welcome to the forum. Hope you have managed to get set up and sorted. Clear skies, Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Welcome Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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