I’m sorry Mike, I just can’t let this one go; I absolutely have to capitalize on your immense pain and wretched suffering, so well recounted in your heart breaking story.
What’s all the fuss about? When I took an image a couple of weeks ago, all I had to do was select Uranus from The Sky, click the Slew button and it was in the middle of the ccd. Whilst capturing several 3 second exposures, I was inside brewing a cuppa, chatting to the missus whilst keeping one eye on the TV.
Upon my return to the ‘scope and computer, the cheeky beggar had drifted slightly off centre in the 640 x 480 frame, perhaps by as much as 50 pixels drift in 10 minutes. Sheesh, these Tak mounts just can’t track!
Cheers
Dennis (heading for the door - fast!)