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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
Yeah the assisted polar alignment and PAE functions aren't the same.
With the align->polar function it slews away from a star of your choice and then you adjust the alt and az bolts to centre the star again. You need to re-run the star alignment after this procedure. Using this at the weekend I reduced my azimuth error from 10 degrees to a little more than half in the first iteration. Plenty good enough for visual and the gotos were good all night with my cat, as they should be!
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Originally Posted by Steffen
By PAE I meant "pointing accuracy enhancement", it's got nothing to do with polar alignment.
There are two methods for accessing PAE – via the PAE menu under Utility, or by pressing and holding ESC for 2 seconds, like you said. Both should have the same effect. This effect is limited to the zone the object was in, and neighbouring zones. I'm not sure how big those zones are or how they are shaped, the manual doesn't say, but there are 85 of them.
PAE data is kept until explicitly deleted or until another star alignment is performed.
Cheers
Steffen.
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OK, its becoming clearer to me now. Thanks again to you both for your clear explanations.
Hi Larry,
To be honest, I find the explanations in the Synscan manual a little unclear, because they don't really make explicit or clear the differences as Steffen and Dunk outlined. Its always helpful to tap into others experience and wisdom too!