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Old 09-12-2008, 09:12 PM
DJDD
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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post

Using EQMOD last week I set up 8 alignment stars and GOTO was FLAWLESS! Landed Canopus on the chip of the DBK31 in the C11 @ F/6.3...

maybe next clear skies night...

thanks, Steven and Alex.

well, getting one star in the west may be hard with a building on my western side (3 feet away from the telescope). I can get two on the eastern side and maybe Achenar or Fomalhaut.

or, I could just try to lay a big sheet over the ants nest where i could get stars everywhere except maybe the pole itself.
hmmm...or, perhaps pull down the clothes line that blocks my view of ...

as you can see my backyard is a bit chaotic!

thanks again,
DJDD
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