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Originally Posted by sheeny
Not a bad effort at all Alex, given the conditions.
If your subject is drifting north:
When overhead: push the south polar axis to the west;
When in the east: increase latitude angle;
When in the west: decrease latitude angle.
30 degrees doesn't give you a lot to play with, but you'd be surprised what can be achieved with some patience and perseverance.
Al.
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Thanks Al...er as foolish as I now appear when over head I figured if I increased the elevation that would fix it..no wonder I got to 40 degrees and the problem did not go away. As I said to my Dad today I will probably get more fun out of getting a perfect polar align under this situation than taking the photos because it will I think notwithstanding your encouragement be a little trying... and thinking about it just mucking around with the gear is always a lot of fun. I was surprised how disoriented I was given that Tabby is 29 degrees approx and Sydney near 34 degrees approx.. and because of my limited ability to identify stars the goto was useless as not one came up for an alignment that I knew..it didnt have Sirius which I thought strange..and things seem about face..cant put my finger on it but something is out of wack goto wise..I dont think its me actually. But when pointing South Dec was showing + and I would have thought that - was the go.
Thank you very much for your input I feel so much better and your advice will be very helpful next time I have a go down here.
alex