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Hi Tim
Please don't think I am questioning your experience here but can only thing I can think of is that you may not have selected Epsilon Crux the 5th star in the cross.I see you have a HEQ5 PRO which has the same controller as my EQ6 pro.I found it easier to do a one star alignment on ACrux and already had the Ra and Dec in the users menu for Epislon which I then went to it to start the first pass down to Beta Centauri (Hadar) .I found it a lot better to start with Epsilon when using the 12mm reitcle to make certain that I was on Epsilon.
I also made sure that I had the cross-hair orientated first as my 80mm refractor has little play in the draw tube and would cause an error in the alignment if moved during the procedure.
I also made sure I only used the Ra keys when doing the passes.
I am just about to go out and do some more testing and have knocked the mount off its Alt setting.
Cheers
Dave
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