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18 years 8 months ago #26491 by 11" Astrophotograph
The mount inaccuracy..... was created by 11" Astrophotograph
Here's a pic from the finder showing how much inaccurate the mount is.....


MR

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18 years 8 months ago #26532 by Keith g
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It's off alright, Guys, any help here would be appreciated! This is done from a goto cg5 mount, 3 star auto alignment is carried out, but when you are finished doing that, the scope will miss it's intended target by a bit, power supply is ok

What's wrong here?? :?

Keith..

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18 years 8 months ago #26534 by dave_lillis
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I know more about meade mounts, but I'll give it a try.
ok, we needs to make a few assumptions here.

1, that accurate polar allignment is been performed as per the instructions, in that..
2, when polar allignment is done, that the ra/dec axis are set up squarely
3, the latitude adjuster is set correctly on the mount
4, the mount is level.
5, when doing 3 star setup, that accurate centering of the setup stars is been performed in the eyepiece.
6, accurate date and time is loaded into the telescope computer, watch out for summer time (ST=GMT+1).

Get in contact with your local astronomy club and get someone knowledgable to help verify its set up correctly., there is only so much we can do on the web, hands on help is always the best.

If you are CERTAIN that the above are been fullfiled, then get in contact with whoever you bought the scope from and explain the situation and get it fixed. It might take a few trips to get the scope fixed, so dont sit back and think the warrenty can't run out.

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18 years 8 months ago #26535 by Keith g
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Dave, I was talkin' to Marty last night on the phone, one thing I forgot to mention

accurate date and time is loaded into the telescope computer, watch out for summer time (ST=GMT+1).


Marty, does this all check out?
Keith..

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18 years 8 months ago #26537 by michaeloconnell
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Just been on the phone for the last hour trying to help 11" Astrophotographer. I've gone through absolutely every single thing I could ever imagine could ever go wrong. What's clear to me is that this young fella knows a heck of alot about this mount and has done alot of research into how it could be fixed. He has tried absolutely everything I could have ever reasonably suggest. My best advice is that he sends it back to his dealer in Dublin and get's it fixed. To be fair, they have offered to repair it. Obviously, nobody wants to be without their scope. However, the sooner it's repaired, the sooner you'll have it back operating correctly.
Sorry I wasn't able to help you to get it fixed. However, hopefully you'll follow my advice and send it back for repair.
Best of luck with it.

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18 years 8 months ago #26539 by 11" Astrophotograph
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Yes...I've tried everything...but still the same....... :cry:

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