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Old 05-05-2009, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by gmbfilter View Post
I have a HEQ5Pro
I set it to magnetic South with a compass
Level by eye, almost always do only 2 star align.Then it's "up up and away"
Its distance to initial alignment stars seems random and I don't worry anymore.
I would waste heaps of time fussing about with my initial polar alignment.
Drift alignment is a different issue.
Most errors are me aligning on wrong star.
I take the first 2 stars that come up in menu (unless they are behind my Hill)
Thanks for that, but how accurate is the goto?

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