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Thanks to all for participating in this discussion. I'm off to Tucson tomorrow am where amongst other things I will be doing an imaging workshop and then attending the Science and Astronomy Expo. It should be very interesting with lots of goodies to view. I also pick up my Trius! After the fun I actually have some work to do in Tucson...
Re the mount the issue stands unresolved and I was recommended by Bisques not to bring anything. They basically remain unconvinced by the data I've thus far provided and believe the problem may be in the pier or the focuser/camera mounting. When I return I will take up a friend's offer to put my mount on his pier, and after that I will put a different scope on my mount (unless my pier proves the guilty party). If the problem remains after all of this I think it just has to be in the mount! If any of you MX users would care to repeat any of the experiments I've demonstrated in this post I would be very grateful! At the very least it would demonstrate to me that the problem is isolated to my system, or is an unnoticed issue with the MX. I have no ax to grind one way or the other; I just want it solved.
Thanks!
Peter
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