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Originally Posted by johnnyt123
That would work for alt-az mounts. where the orientation of the mount does not matter. the mount tracks in 2 axis.
with an equatorial mount only tracks about 1 axis (RA axis I believe)
so that means that axis needs to be polar aligned as the mount assumes it is
In order to track an object on a mount that is not polar aligned, the mount will need to track in 2 axis and this is what an autoguider does by sending pulses to both RA and Dec axis to correct for errors in alignment.
hope that helps...
regards John
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I am basically polar aligned. I'm just hunting that sweet spot. Just was thinking if my mount is so close that I could set on a star and do as I said. It would get pretty damn close I thought??