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Finally some success tonight
Used time zone +10 and daylight saving Yes
Rechecked all settings including , Time and Observational site for latitude and longitude
Performed a 2 star alignment followed by a Synscan Polar Alignment
Scope slewed to 1st Alignment Star and PA star Miaplacidus ended up very close to centre
Slewed to 2nd Alignment Star Acrux , scope ended up fairly close to centre
Synscan Polar Alignment only required 2 iterations to get down to under half an arc minute error , took 10 minutes
Removed the hand controller and connected EQMOD. Navigated across the night sky using StellariumScope and Stellarium. Performed well
Set up new 60mm guide scope and camera with PHD2
New equipment profile
New settings in Brain
Completed frame and focus on a bright star
Completed a dark library
Completed a bad pixel map
Completed a quick calibration and guided on a star near the equator for 5 minutes or so ( guiding error around 1.50 arc sec error not great so some work to do ) this mount should be under an arc second out of the box
So the time zone setting was the main culprit why I was all over sky last night
A bit more work to do on the mount for PHD2 but achieved a lot tonight with this new rig
Thanks to all who offered advice and comments
Cheers
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