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Originally Posted by bugeater
It shouldn't be confusing. Dec drift is the indicator of not being perfectly polar aligned. Hence you adjust the appropriate axis to eliminate this drift. Which adjustment (alt or az) depends on which part of the sky you are pointing at. What makes it difficult is there seems to be other factors at play (but not PE  ) |
PE can still be part of the problem, just like the seeing will be. It's just that I think we can rule out both as being the major component of the RA problem.
With my next set up I'll be able to leave it in place for a long time, so I'll be able to work through the issue(s) in less of a rush.