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Old 03-12-2008, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kal View Post
Did you try to do a quick drift align? If not then now is a good time to start practicing After a couple of goes you can get the whole process down to about 10-15 minutes (unless you want super accuracy). A quick drift align will ensure that you have the correct declination setting and your azimuth is pointing straight to the celestial pole.
The problem with this is that the mount needs at least a 1 star alignment before it will track to do a drift align.
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