I put the large weight on the tripod, but not the small one because I don't know how to use it. I aligned the axis with polaris, but the telescope became unstable when I raised it too high. Polaris was very high in the sky, and the telescope seemed to stop resting on the mount as much as it needed in order to be stable. It wanted to fall (around the declination axis?). When I moved it much away from the mounting axis, it seemed more inclined to fall along the declination axis, too. The declination axis stop screw didn't hold the telescope well when it was off the mount axis. The ascension axis seemed to turn easily in one direction and harder in the other direction. The weight seemed to get in the way with the tripod legs when looking close to the horizon, so I moved it up, but the pole which it was holding onto got in the way when I went lower, thus getting in the way of tracking and moving the telescope to find objects.
How do I resolve these issues and what is going on?
2007-05-19
04:47:56
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Andy
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