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Old 26-03-2007, 05:54 PM
bloodhound31
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Originally Posted by jase View Post
No skype, but happy to assist in your query online. I've used the wedge align feature a few times. Ultimately, it simplifies the slewing between a star in the east or west and the other near the celestial equator. I often found I would simply do it manually, then a two star alignment.
Thanks for the reply Jase.

I've cooled down a bit from my frustrations with it last night. There's a few things I've gotta try when the clouds rack off.

Can you tell me how you ensure that the tube is perfectly parallel with the fork arms so there is absolutely no drift of a target directly in line with the centre of the FOV on one full rotation of the azimuth drive? Heres a pic.

Baz.
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