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Polar Alignment, where am I going wrong
I've just spent another 3 hours trying to drift align my EQ5 GEM following the How To from the articles section. The mount is level and roughly set to true South with a compass, I set the reticle so the RA and Dec adjustments track down the lines, find a star to the west and adjust the altitude so the star drifts straight down the E/W line on the reticle. So far so good. Then I find the star on the meridian to adjust the azimuth. Thats when it goes pear shaped. No matter which way I swing the mount it seems to make little or no difference to the drift. I'm going wrong someplace. Help!
Bill
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