Accurately setting HOME on an EQ5 mount

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Accurately setting HOME on an EQ5 mount

Postby worcspaul » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:01 pm

After watching Part I of the Complete Setup A to Z I set to thinking about how the HOME/Parked position could accurately be set on an EQ5 mount (seeing as the setting circles are nigh-on useless for the task). Using Dion's tutorial as inspiration, I put together a procedure which I've now published on my blog:

How to accurately set HOME on an EQ5

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