Hey Shane
I didn't know about that feature. I know that if the GOTO takes you to the object and it is not in the center, I can use the arrow keys to get it in center and then press the ENTER key for at least 3 seconds and it then asks me to press ENTER again to synchronize. This basically corrects the GOTO algorithms if they dont accurately take me to the object. Is this what you were referring to? I will definetely try pressing GOTO when I have the scope out next.
My issue is not of the GOTO (which works really well and gets me to the object). it is more about me trying to manually going to an object but the telescope does not track it. So as soon as I get to the object, instead of it being steady in the field of view, it starts drifting and I constantly have to press the arrow keys to keep it in view. last night I tried waiting for at least 20s for the tracking to kick in but it didnt
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Originally Posted by Shano592
Hi Niv,
Just a quick question ...
When you used the arrow keys to centre your target, did you then use the handbox to re-confirm the object?
I'm speaking from my experience on the LX200, but what I do is this (after your regular 2-star alignment of course) ...
Once you are happy with the position of the desired object in the eyepiece, you press and hold GOTO for about 2 seconds. It will ask you to confirm, so you press it again, and it tells you that it is ok.
That's how I align on an object on my scope anyway. I do it as a force of habit now. Every adjustment with the arrows keys gets a manual update from me.
Good luck - I hope you get this sorted.
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