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Old 19-07-2020, 08:31 PM
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PHD Guiding...star does not move enough.

I built a dark library.
I get a message after calibrating that it failed and that "star does not move enough" and suggestion for scope location. + or - 20 degrees I gather from celestial equator.
Well I have tried all over ..maybe it's finding a hot pixie but I did select manually to hopefully eliminate to possibility.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong...now the mount was tracking but somewhat poorly so the star was moving...I think the focus is as good as I can get...in the end I tucked the don't ask again box and gave up.
Anyways it's annoying I resolved to auto guide tonight but I am now taking 60 sec exposures to get something...it seems a decent night but maybe be there is something up there causing this issue.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Alex
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