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Old 11-08-2023, 01:54 PM
Ramius (Bill)
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Tracking OK but PHD2 says PA Error is HUGE....

Hi,
I am waiting for a clear night to look into this further but am hopeful someone can steer me in the right direction...
I am very new to this but am using NINA 3 Point for PA and getting OK tracking with my AZ-EQ5 mount and small refractor (RMS 0.76" Total)
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I figured this can be improved (as minimum exposure is probably too short) so ran PHD2 Guide Assistant to optimise and got attached result. I don't really know how to interpret this other than to apply the recommendations which i will do on next outing - but i do know the PA Error should not be 260 arc-min .
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Presumably it can't really be that bad (4 degrees!) - and if it were surely i wouldn't be getting decent tracking. I ran the Assistant 3 times with similar results.

Anyone know whats going on here?
CheersBill
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