Thread: Polar Alignment
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Old 18-05-2020, 06:57 PM
Nino (John Peacock)
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John
What mount do you have ?
If it’s a Skywatcher or Orion you can use the polar alignment routine in the Synscan handset ( used when you don’t have a view of the South Celestial Pole )
I use Synscan method exclusively , tried “drift align” a few times but it does take a bit of time
With Syncan I can polar align in 5 mins
Cheers
Hi Martin

I have a fork mounted LX200 on a wedge, the alignment is close but not close enough to do astrophotography,
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