Autoguiding and Drift alignment

[Uriabraham]

Hi all,

I posted this also in the genral forum...

I haven't done AP yet but wanting to start soon. I have learned about drift alignment and autoguiding and I would like to know the following when using a method of guiding (Off-Axis or guidescope);

1. Do I still need to do drift alignment ?
2. Can a finderscope (I have officina stellare 12x60) be used as the guidescope or must I have a separate guidescope for guiding ?

I hope the above makes sense
Any help appreciated

Uri

[RB]

Please direct all replies to the other thread so we don't get confused and double up on replies to two threads.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=95656