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iPolar on way back to iOptron
Yes ReidG, that was one of the issues that was raised early by iOptron as I had initially tried it out in suburban Geelong. I then took it to country Victoria and still had the same problem in clearer darker skies. The problem is not finding enough stars but instability with the number found causing plate solving difficulties.
Even the QHY Polemaster worked just fine in Geelong, with a steady display of stars, so I would be very unhappy to learn that the Ipolar, which is a built in feature of a lot of iOptron's mounts like my CEM70, would be useless in urban areas.
I feel sure that there has to be a fault with mine.
Anyway will find out soon, as got tracking advice from Aus Post that my iPolar has landed in the US this morning on its way back to iOptron.
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