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Nice image Mark.
Hi Dunk, Drift aligning is not hard at all. Pretty much point telescope east roughly 30deg above horizon. If using a cam, start a 35sec exp, wait 5secs, at guiding speed, move mount using ra controls for 15 secs, then reverse direction for the remain in 15secs. The image will show a star trail in a "V" pattern. The gap is how far out your PA is. So adjust your Alt manual adjustment a little. Then repeat the above exp/move again. If you have adjusted the mount in the right direction the gap in the "V" should have gotten smaller, if bigger you've adjusted the mount in the wrong direction. Make approriate adjustments again. Continue untill you get a straight line. Then slew to about dec zero and repeat but this time ajust the azimth and repeat till line is straight.
Go longer exp. for a better PA. The reason for the 5sec pause means you can tell which line is which as on will have a blob at the start.
hope this makes some sense.
Cheers
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