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Originally Posted by miker
Matt, thanks for the reply. That makes perfect sense. As I will be "driving " it to the first star, it does not need to know where it is starting from. Then hopefuly the mount will "drive" itself very close to the second star. I will take care entering my local position and time.
Thanks for the star suggestion, Aldebaran and Acrux will give a good spread in Alt and Az.
Andrew, thanks for your reply as well. You are right. When I get the mount prmanently set up in the observatory, I will need to Park it in a Home position, so it has a reference to start from next time without re aligning.
I really appreciate every one taking the time to help me with this 
Michael |
I use a StarGPS module for time and location, great gadget, plug it in-turn on mount-wait till it acquires and fixes, then unplug and stow..... 60 seconds max.....
Yes the mount will get pretty close to the second star then just center it and you're done.