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Old 05-01-2014, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceG View Post
Hi Allan, thanks for the info. I have a 300d no live view so not very convenint for the camera method, particularly at or near the zenith. The old fashioned method with illuminated reticule drifting to get close and then PHD by switching dec off and watching the graph gets me over the line. I have found I can track nicely each time I setup without any further alignment. In other words, I find I can setup and start pretty much straight away.
Bruce.

Yes - that's another good method.
I wasn't talking about live view but taking a 70 second exposure while pushing the East then West buttons at a rate of x1.
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