Small win with my telescope's star tracking | Space Exploration

Jamie Hunt · 2026-02-24T20:10:39.960241+00:00

My scope kept losing stars after a few minutes. Really annoying for watching planets. I read some old forum posts for help. One guy said to check the motor gears. Mine had a bit of dust in them. Cleaned it out with a soft brush. Now it tracks smoothly all night. Feels great to fix it myself.

jamesf267mo ago

Cleaning those gears probably made all the difference for smooth tracking.

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karen_perry387mo ago

But was it really broken that bad? Sometimes these things just have a weird moment and then work fine. Might have tracked okay even without the cleaning.

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jamie_moore7mo ago

Heard about my buddy's similar gear issue. Cleaned his and it worked perfectly.

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