What to do when Synscan sends my mount in the complete wrong direction in the step before the manual centering for the star alignment process?
For context I have a Sky-Watcher Sky-Adventurer GTI…
I have ensured that Synscan has my coordinates and the scope is roughly polar aligned, so why might this be happening? Is there a way to star align in Synscan completely manually so I can avoid this altogether?
Would appreciate help, Thank You.
Hi! Have you checked the time that synscan is working with? If that reverted to some generic value or another time zone, the directions would be off…
One thing that comes to mind, have you entered your longitude with the correct sign, east or west, plus or minus?
When pointing fails it’s almost always a time related issue, assuming you have the correct coordinates for your location input.
Might be related, but my EQ6R Pro can’t point correctly if it’s set to JNow instead of J2000. Never had issues with J2000. Not sure if this is only relevant to EQmod or if it affects the Synscan controller too
Causes:
You’ve set up 180 degrees out (RA axis facing south instead of north, or vice versa) - trust me - I have seen people do this;
Site location set to the wrong hemisphere (south instead of north, or vice versa) - classic human error;
Did not set the scope to the PARK position before starting the polar alignment ie scope pointing at the pole, (Dec ± 90 degrees) and counterweight down.