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Old 03-01-2010, 04:28 AM
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Unhappy Defeated by Orthogonality

I've been trying to understand orthogonality of my fork mount LX200 for the last couple of weeks. Trying to determine the best way to measure error and adjust it.

I'm feeling defeated.

There seems to be something stopping me from using each one of the methods I find on the web of checking & adjusting orthogonality. Also seems technically a bit beyond me when learning only from reading the info on the web. Have tried Barry's and others. Haven't got to the stage of actually being ready to try and adjust it yet.

Quite disappointing & frustrating. I'm quite sure my fork must not be orthogonal because after precise polar alignment my pointing is considerably poor (15' 48" over a movement of 60 degrees of Dec).

At a bit of a loss how to proceed right now. Hmm.
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