#eq6 r pro polar scope rectile all over the place

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ripe finch
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Yo, i just tested out the EQ6 at home (in my room just to check if everythings alright) and as it turns out my polar scope in the park position of my mount (with dec at 90 degree tilt to see through the polar scope) isnt aligned with 0 at the top and so on but looks like this (picture) when I look straight through it

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sand spade
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Apparently a lot of them aren't aligned right from factory and need to be calibrated by the user

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Or that's what I have read

ripe finch
sand spade
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Here is a video, it's probably better at explaining than I could ever do

ripe finch
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That video doesn't cover tze issue I am experiencing unfortunately

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I am looking for a fix on how to get the 0 on top of the polar scope

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And unfortunately i cant just move my mount in RA as it would be upside down

thorny jay
ripe finch
thorny jay
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in my honest opinion

ripe finch
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Ah okay thx

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But yeah thats what I thaught it was going to be like

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And with a software on a laptop you could easily do that automatically am i right?

thorny jay
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yea

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i recommend nina tppa

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it just tells you where to point

ripe finch
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Okay thx

floral sun
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@ripe finch Looks like a bad case of RD to me. Rectile Disfunction effects 1 our of every 2 polar scopes at some "point" in their lives..... may have to go to a Scope Doctor and have him write you a prescription. It's just a small pill you take 20 minutes before you want to use your instrument. 😉
It should help your Pole Scope point north, if you know what I mean.....
If that doesn't straighten it out, I unscrewed the end of mine off. That allowed me access to the tip where the little disc is. I turned it to the correct alignment and screwed it back together again.

ripe finch
floral sun
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Will it into being if you can. If you can't do what I do. Polar align with Sharp Cap. I would have to lay down on the ground to look through my polar Scope. NOT gonna happen. And besides, even if I could I'd still only use that as a rough alignment tool. Sharp Cap gets me dialed in PERFECTLY in a few minutes on a good night. On a bad night....not so much.

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ripe finch
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Thanks man! Really appreciate your help. If weather forecast is fr this time I will be out next saturday imaging

green bay
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The other way is to continue to do the 3 start alignment which works out your polar error, then run the polar align function from the handset. Much eaier than using the polar scope IMO

vocal cairn
last bramble
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I haven’t done this yet, but I have a loose reticle and I found this interesting. Might help you too. https://www.theastrogeek.com/dark_sky_journal/2010/2/13/fixing-a-loose-recticle-in-your-orion-polar-scope.html

The Astro Geeks | Astrophotography Magazine
Fixing a Loose Recticle in your Orion Polar Scope. — The Astro Geek...

Yes, if you have one of these things, we all do it - sooner or later, we loosen our polar scope recticle too much and it falls out and rolls around inside the polar scope. This makes polar alignment impossible - but it's very easy to fix! The trick is in understanding how the polar scope is put toge

ripe finch
ripe finch