Asiair Pro with EQ-6 Pro Points in wrong direction

BigBobD

I have a slight problem, although my location setting is correct, PA works flawlessly, however when I type in a Dec and RA of any object the goto is 180 degrees off. Meaning e.g. I want to goto the Viel Nebula in the east, the mount moves to the West instead.

Any ideas?

w7ay

BigBobD Any ideas?

I know this sounds silly, but is your OTA mounted on the dovetail saddle plate in the correct direction?

Chen

BigBobD

yeah, it is, I figured out the issue, if you don't do a plate solve, prior to the PA, the mount doesn't know where its pointing. I did do a plate solve and sync after PA but that is to be done with caution with a EFW since you don't know where in the heck the mount is going to stop turning.

PMTeam@ZWO

Can you show us a screenshot of RA and dec of the Veil Nebula in the list of celestial bodies? Then submit the log to us.