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Originally Posted by AlexN
Quite the conundrum indeed Houghy..
I've never experienced any difference in drift aligning between different mounts.. EQ6's, HEQ5's, Losmandy mounts... its always worked exactly as it was supposed to, keep on adjusting until 0 drift is detected, if drift goes in the opposite direction, you've adjusted too far, go the other way etc...
Have you tried doing it the old fashioned way with a reticule EP? I've on occasion had K3 give me some weird results due to poor seeing etc....
Also, make sure you have the telescope settings setup right in K3CCDTools.. One time I had it set up for my 80/480, and I was trying to drift align a mates 152mm F/8 refractor setup. K3 was reporting HUGE errors like 30arc min per second drift, but the star was staying put on the screen as if the polar alignment was very good...
Other than that mate, I'm stumped...
I got $5 that says Mr. Ponders knows whats wrong and how to fix it...  haha..
edit : See... Mr. Ponders got in before I even finished typing my post... Gimme my $5!!  |
ok i havent played with the scope settings - didn't think that would be an issue, but i will change it tonight