[g__day (Matthew)]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I thought this might be an interesting thread to develop over time. Please answer two questions and lets see what is possible by various sort of gear in real world conditions.

1. After good polar alignment - how well can you mount point (on say 3 well spaced stars)?

2. How well will your mount track - what have you been able to keep right on target? (Start on the middle of the moon (30 arc minutes width - how long does it take to move the centre of the eyepiece to the edge of the moon ~ 15 arc minutes or 900 arc seconds)?

For example, given alignment with 30 arc seconds of the pole, 1 star align, thru Maxpoint 30 star modeled sky, Vixen Atlux carrying 3 scopes:

1. Pointing +/- 1.7 arc minutes
2. Tracking < 10 arc seconds per 10 minutes - so under an arc second per minute fast

Be real interested understanding what folks gear can achieve!

Thanks,

Matthew