PHD reports a orthogonality error which is a combination of many mount errors I am guessing so the 10 degrees is almost ok and not the true cone error I think. PHD still works at that I think.
When using Argonavis I discovered there is a plethora of Mount errors which it adapts for in a very complex way as it uses 10000 step encoders to give very precise pointing. Alas , PHD with poor encoders and sloppy worms on HEQ5 can not hope to compensate for these. That’s what guiders are for, adapting to poor hardware.
That is my take , but I am happy to be corrected.
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Originally Posted by bojan
Cone error of 10° is huge... and must be induced by software bug or some mistake with settings.
Even 1° would be too large, those mounts are mechanically much more accurate.
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