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Originally Posted by johnnyt123
I think what we need is a camera through the polar scope.
and a polar scope that is well made and highly accurate.
The one i have in my Heq5 is all over the place. too many things that move and are adjustable......
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I have never really fussed with the Polar scope to tell the truth, once I was happy that scopes were as close as I could get them to be aligned with the RA axis that was it because I run a side by side rig with the RC8" and ED80 that are removed and refitted every time out I left it all alone.
I have a good solid Losmandy plate to mount to and I had re-machined the EQ6 dove tail make sure it was accurate and everything went back in the same place each time and have had no issues.
On a clear staedy night PHD reports +or- 1 arc sec guiding any further improvements would require the mount be stripped down and tuned up.
what I did do with the ST80 guide scope is permanently fix it to the middle of the side by side plate inbetween the other scopes to minimise any errors being introduced with removing it each time.