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Old 31-01-2011, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
Ive just now calibrated on Eta, easy. Eta is close to the sth pole, when you say calibrate "50", what, seconds?. ETA needs some 15-20 seconds cal time, 50 cant be right, too big. Cal shows a red line when it moves (between moves). Do you see the red line?, say 0.5 to 1 inch long on the screen.
Fred, cal time is presently set to 40 - I assumed that, like PHD, if the mount doesn't move enough I needed to extend the time available to get sufficient pixels in movement.

Eta happily drew a red line - actually a red L. The other 2 moved not a jot (Tarantula) or less than 5 pixels.

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