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I need some help...the frustration is killing me. I have a LX90 LNT GPS. Lately I've had trouble with the alignment stars when doing an auto-align. The problem is that after slewing to an alignment star it is never in the eye piece. It's always way off and I have to go hunting for it which can take up to 5 mins. When I first go the scope (Jan this year) the alignment was good but it's gotten progressively worse. I've heard that I need to calibrate the sensors every time I use the scope and train the drives every 6-8 months (something I should do as I've had it for 10 months).

The Meade manual says that when calibrating the scope slews to Polaris. What do we do in the southern hemisphere where we can't see Polaris?

Please, please help. I'm about to chuck the whole thing in!!!!!

Thanx in advance.