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Old 16-09-2018, 10:01 AM
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The photo of your setup looks as if you connected your camera to the finder scope. Is that how you drift align?
And do you then take your photos via finder scope or do you move the camera to the focusser (wobble inevitable)? How trustworthy is your finder scope alignment in regards to the main tube (has to be 100% accurately parallel)?

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You could maybe save some time of the drift alignment process if you used solar noon method to mark the proper tripod location during daylight.
Then drift align during the night.
And when it's really good - mark the perfect spots for tripod legs.
I always loved drift aligning. I'm probably a masochist.
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