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Old 22-06-2015, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lineout View Post
Just on the AZ-EQ polar alignment. I've heard that there is a software polar alignment option. So does this mean I point the mount in the rough direction of the SCP and then do fine tuning with the software option?
nearly correct, if you are just using the mount in AZ mode you can probably just do a 2 star align and it will be fine for visual work.
for photography, the two star alignment feature allows the mount to figure out how far off your alignment is. you then select polar alignment, and that will require you to centre the star by manually adjusting the mount to recenter the selected star.
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