AZ-Gti EQ Mode Plate Solve Problem

TecMar

Hello, I converted my AZ GTI in EQ mode, since I only have a south-facing balcony, I aligned it to the south with the All Sky alingment, but after the Plate Solve he tells me to adjust Alt by _80°, but then it would pointing the polar wedge to the ground.. does anyone have an explanation for this? the AZ GTI is updated to 3.39 Eq/Az. However, if I align roughly to the north and plate Solve, it tells me that AZ should be adjusted by 50°..

astronebulee

Now you've converted it to eq mode is the wedge you use adjusted correctly first. If I remember rightly you have to take your lattitude from 90°. So I run my az gti mount in EQ mode and my lattitude is 50.6 so I take this off 90° which means I have to set my wedge at roughly 40°. Just one idea but I could be wrong.
Head over to stargazerslounge.com and find the az gti mount owners thread in the mounts section and you'll get loads of help there.
Cheers
Lee

TecMar

okay I think I found the mistake, I confused the north/south alignment with the north and southern hemisphere.. I thought you could use the All Sky alingment feature to set up the telescope to the south and align it with it since my balcony is only has south/west direction.

will that be my problem?

astronebulee

I don't know how to use the all sky feature. I use my set up by polar aligning on polaris with my asiair pro the traditional way as I have a view of polaris.
I did find this link online about all sky polar alignment.
Check your wedge is set to the right dec for your area (using the subtraction ftom 90° rule)
https://youtu.be/QP2Z32e5ZcI