Hi - A lot of interesting replies! Just to add my three cents worth - after careful checking of level, polar alignment, times, location etc my HEQ5 is usually a fair way off on the first alignment star but having reset on this the second alignment star is very close to spot on. I then hand over control to my star chart program and star hop to my desired object, resyncing on the way if necessary. This usually puts even dim and small objects within my small DSI2 CCD chip boundaries. Cheers Peter
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