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Imaged the Rosette last night on the western side of the meridian for a couple of hours using the new configuration and balancing , tracking and guiding were excellent, PHD2 had the mount down to 0.58 to 0.61 ( Dec 0.30 RA 0.48 ) for a solid hour pointing to the northwest. Never guided this tight ever with this mount in 4 years. Conditions were average , humidity was 95% and it felt like it too.
So far great results with the new configuration but it’s only one night. Even though Rosette was quite low descending from 48 degrees down to 29 degrees when I eventually finished , I’m keen to test the set up on higher targets in the east.
The rig was set slightly east heavy ( should have been slightly west heavy ) which probably accounted for Ra being a tad higher ?
There were no larger excursions in Ra , it was well behaved and Dec was rock solid
All in all a successful test
Cloudy nights again for the next week or so, can’t wait to image again
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