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Pas...
Hi Allan - thanks for responding: I think I'm reading your method as similar to my own - though I've left the PAS completely out of the equation apropos my previous comments; though I use a laers pointer (well aligned) to hit the octans area.
I don't have any prolem recognizing sigma and getting to that #7 asterism - would I be correct in assuming from your reply that you don't think as highly of the PAS reticle alignment with the octans asterism versus the aforementioned alignment method(s)?
If such is the case I'll most probably dispense with bothering to set the reticle up, if it is less accurate than the methods I/you adopt!
On another issue, and I realize that having had your mount longer than mine may be a factor (I've hardly used the darn thing, what with all the darn clouds etc - hardly much more than out of the box in relative terms!) - what do you set the backlash of the gears to? The default position - is that the greatest or least compensation - and would/could that translate into a slight play in the Dec axis? Am loathe to fiddle with these sorts of settings without having some idea of their responses!
Regards, Darryl.
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