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Thanks all
I use an Argo navis, that I bought from Photoncollector, along with custom made mountings and gears to fit the Sampson mount, after Paul got his Losmandy mount. To increase accuracy, I go to where the AN says the object is, then go to Tour mode and locate the nearest star of say, mag 4, then re-align off that. That way Im never more than about 10 degrees from an aningment star. The object will always be on the chip, then I just need to take some test images to center it, easy if I can see some stars in the viewvinder to assist me on how far to nudge the scope, harder if no stars visible. 10 or 20 sec ISO 1600 test images will generally show the onject so as to center it.
The Sampson mount I use I bought back in 1986 from Astro Optical Supplies. I never thought at the time I could press it into imaging such obscure stuff digitally.
Scott
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