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Hi Guys
The telescope came back from Bintel. I was told that the firmware was updated and the drive trained.
However I am having the same issue. I did some more tests over the last few nights and came up with some more specific instances when the drift happens
After ensuring the tripod, telescope are level and telescope is pointing North, I Easy Aligned the telescope (using 2 stars, I am using Canopus and Spica).
Using the GOTO I was able to get to Mars (Mars seemed a bit off center so I used the arrows to get it to center and then pressed Enter 3 times to synchronize the new position). I then found that the LX90 tracked Mars for at least 1 hour! The same was for any object that I used the GOTO function to get to.
Now once I had done a GOTO to an object, if I used the arrow keys to even move the smallest of distance, the object started drifting! This was the same even if after alignment, I used the arrow keys to get to an object!
Is this normal? I want to learn star-hopping so that I have a deeper grasp of the night sky. I know a Newtonian is more made for this but having a GOTO as a backup when I cant find what I am looking for is nice.
Am I able to use the arrow keys to get to an object and have it tracked by the LX90 or is tracking only available when the GOTO function is used? BTW with a 10mm eyepiece, Mars went from one end of the field of view to the other and disappeared out in close to 15s.
Thank you
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