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Old 30-05-2015, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by raymo View Post
Actually I did a viewing session for a family last night before attempting
any alignment,[just the tripod legs sat on the marks on the ground, and finding objects manually], and it tracked very well. My problems have to be electronic, as the tracking rate of the motor seems to be fine.
raymo
Agreed. The mechanics and tracking motor sound fine. As long as you can star hop to your target, it might get you by for a while until you find a more permanent solution. We're both old timers at this. We don't need no fangled electronics lol. They are just the icing on the cake.
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