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Originally Posted by jahnpahwa
Round 2 of me vs aligning my scope was a small step forward. I did a star alignment (sirius, hadar, canopus), was 6 to 10 deg out. Did another star alignment (sirius, canopus, rigel and was at under a degree in both! So did one more (sirius, canopus, alpha centuri) and it was all looking good, both sirius abd canopus were in my finder field after slewing, but to alpha centuri put me way, waaaay past (35deg or so) until i was actually looking at Menkent. A similar thing happened the night before, it seems aiming at stars toward the SCP throws the the thibg massively.
Is there an obvious thing going on here? I'm still motivated to sort it out, but I'm wondering if i should go back to reading some books and so on until i can meet the CAS guys and have someone go through it. It seems so simple! True sputh and inclination are both locked in, it seems fine along one axis... anyway, shout out if you have any ideas, otherwise i will probably sit tonight out 
JP |
Hi, I only ever do a two star alignment and I have found that its best to pick two stars close and in the same hemisphere. Sirius and Canopus are good for me atm.
Rick