Thread: Polar Alignment
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Old 10-08-2020, 09:21 PM
Cyberman (Rob)
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Thanks Martin, I did try a reticule eyepiece and polar alignment was easier to get under 1 minute. I was able to get reasonably good tracking on most exposures up to 1minute. A few where a bit elongated stars and occasionally looked like double stars. I tried hard to get good balance. If I were to try guiding, I might try off axis as this would probably be lighter. But not sure which OAG or camera would suit. Probably would also need a coma corrector.

Thanks Craig, Nishant and Ed. I’ll look into those programs but I haven’t used a laptop yet with the telescope.
Rob
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