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Evening All,
I've finally had the chance (read time, clear weather and inclination) to try out K3CCDTools for Drift Aligning.
BLOODY BRILLIANT!
First attempt and I was rewarded with a "<5' from the pole message" from the Autostar when I did the GOTO alignment after drift aligning!!!!!
It took a while to sort it all out and which numbers to read, but I've now written some instructions to help remember which way to adjust the scope depending on whether dec or RA is positive or negative.
I'm hoping to go out to dark skies this weekend, so will give it a try in anger then!
Thanks again for your advice. Just a couple of questions:
I just pointed the scope at at star near the zenith and did both dec & RA adjustments on that one star. Is that what you do? Can you choose a star elsewhere - would be easier on the neck to keep realigning the star in the scope when it drifts off the CCD if you could use a star with a lower azimuth???
Ta
DT
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