Hi Brendan
I follow that procedure in the link you attached to do my polar alignment.
I probably should have explained that when I was aligning on eastern star it would only drift west in eyepiece which indicates the mount is driving to fast as I have been told. That is after I have drift aligned properly i.e get no north south drift in eyepiece when on eastern star. Also on meridian star no movement at all stays well centered.
Once I moved the weight a little further back along the OTA it stopped drifting west in eyepiece when aligning on eastern star. Which means I was unbalanced causing mount to run faster than it should , hope this explains it.
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Originally Posted by bmitchell82
well for a start lonnie, can you explain how your adjusting for your polar alignment, you say that you move a weight back and forward? if so your doing it wrong as the weight only plays a part in balance of the scope, if its balanced then its balanced. Secondly if you have a fork mount on a wedge the drift alignment that you are using doesn't always work the best, utilize this method
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-454-0-0-1-0.html
that is specific to a wedge style mount.
let us know how you go |