Hi Roger,
Firstly I love your site! Keep up the great info and pics
Many thanks for the tips. I am indeed a member of the yahoo groups. Most members there had recommended I do a drift alignment without going into too much detail (hence why I posted here).
I like the sound of your friend's speed up trick. If the skies are clear tonight i'll try a few of these methods and report back how they go.
Thanks a million
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Originally Posted by rogerg
I'd suggest organising yourself a laser holder:
http://rogergroom.com/astronomy-reso...lescope-mount/
Your geared head should be accurate enough to do decent fine-tuning adjustment and get a good alignment. I used one recently (I don't have one, I have the AT Wedge) and I was surprised and impressed how heavy duty and fine those Manfrotto geared heads are.
There are many methods of drift alignment mentioned on the Yahoo! AstroTrac forum, are you a member? I would suggest searching there.
A friend of mine used a "sped up" variant of polar alignment with his AstroTrac. I haven't tried it, but the explanation I have from him is as follows: |