Posts Made By: Joseph Gervase

Having difficulty calibrating my cg-5 mount finder scope. Celestron instructs to level polar axis with ground. The limits of the CG-5 is 30-60 degrees. How do you level with ground if you can't lower altitude below 30 degrees. What am I missing. Please help.
Joe g

Hi Folks.
I want to set up my imaging control approximately 30 yards from my rig outdoors.  Power is not a problem but telescope control with various software and file storage I would like to do remotely.  Someone mentioned a wireless hub setup.  Does anyone have any suggestions.
Thanks for your help
Joe G

Thanks David.  This is helpful.

Greg,
Barry is absolutely right.  It's best to go short on focal length in the beginning.  You will just end up frustrated if you go in the direction that you described.  I did it with a C9.25.  It's gone now for the same reasons and now I own and work with a 70mm high quality  triplet refractor and a 102mm triplet refractor. Using a DSLR but will jump into a CCD when I master the DSLR environment.  I do have an C8 Edge but use that primarily for visual.  But when I attempt to use it for imaging, the issue of tracking and precise alignment come into play.  It's always good to have fun though and you can try things out and see what success you have.  Good luck with it.
Joe G

I believe the problem is field rotation. Look up that subject and I believe  you will find your answer.  
Joe g