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Interesting to hear that the EQ8 (with its doubled-up encoders) is affected, too. It is a well-known issue with other SynScan mounts, running certain hand controller software versions (> 3.27 by the look of it). This seems to support the assumption that the issue is with the alignment algorithm, or the resulting model and GOTO routines, of 3-star alignment.
The only thing 3-star alignment does over 2-star alignment is accounting for cone error. Since that can easily be measured and usually corrected independently there is no real need for 3-star alignment IMO. A fix for this problem is long overdue, nevertheless.
Cheers
Steffen.
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