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Old 27-08-2009, 04:21 PM
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toryglen-boy (Duncan)
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Originally Posted by dpastern View Post
Thanks Duncan - at the moment I'm limited to between 5 and 10 second subs without any drift alignment it seems. Frustrating to say the least. I eventually will get a reticular eyepiece and will learn drift alignment to get better subs, I know it's the best way of approaching this, I'm just trying to hack things "as is" for the moment! Thanks for the encouragement.

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Dave
Dave, if you dont drift align, then you can get very good aligment with a compass, an inclinometre, and some info of the net.

I dont drift align, my mount was setup using the above equipment, and i can do exposures over 30 mins without trailing.

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