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Originally Posted by PRejto
Hi Chris,
My understanding is that after "accurate polar alignment" it is not necessary to recalibrate the model. The model knows that you moved the mount, and since the move is exact (unlike just using the tic marks on the adjusters) it updates itself. Patrick Wallace has said a recalibration after is totally unnecessary.
Peter
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Sorry dude, not from my observations. Your synch stays where the original synch was, I start from there and build a new one after I finish the alignments. Else, you'll notice that while your pointing is repeatable, it will be offset by the last adjustment you did after you conduct a home/switch off the mount. I spent a lot of time trying to isolate this issue, deployed various time solutions as I initially thought it was time source based. I could be wrong, but thats my process and it works, I don't end up with a silly offset. I've seen it on both the PME and PMX, MKS4000 and MKS5000.
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Just to re-iterate, once i've done a few runs and perform my last polar alignment adjustment using the wizard, I blow it all away, do a new synch, then build my actual model.