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Old 22-03-2015, 08:45 PM
bugeater (Marty)
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Used a hairdryer to get the dust out, which did the trick quick smart.

Anyway, collimated the scope with some tools I have from 15 years ago and did some quick trials. All seemed good. Saturday night was dark and cloudless, so I had my first decent play with the whole system.

Alignment was problematic due to limits on visible sky. Eventually got around that, but pointing accuracy was a bit sketchy.

The polar alignment function seems quite good, though I'm not sure how accurate it really is. Even when it said there was no error 1 minute exposures still showed a bit of star trailing.

I like the camera control function. I'd find the target, program in the sequence of photos and walk away. Anyway, I've taken my first few images. I'm reasonably happy with them, but clearly there is still a long way to go.
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