Hey all,
just updating the thread. Had a good night observing last night, even with a bright moon, Southland shopping centre nearby and the need to finish before midnight (something about a pumpkin?
).
After setting my latitude position to 52 degrees from vertical, facing roughly south with the jig and levelling the mount better, I got some decent GOTO accuracy!
First, 2-star alignment: Canopus and Rigel. I did not drift align.
Both stars were way out initially but i eventually got them in the view finder. Once both were aligned i found Named Stars (Sirius), M42, NGC 104 (47 Tuc) and M41 without any trouble.
In the SynScan setup I needed to Sort the Alignment Stars by Magnitude rather than by Auto-Sort.
The 30mm Superview (68 degrees AFOV) eyepiece worked a treat. What a difference a wide field makes...
next, i should try drift alignment, although i am tempted to just get some observing in rather than fiddling about.
Thanks to everyone for their assistance!
cheers,
DJDD