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Old 09-01-2011, 05:59 AM
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Hi James, if you look at the first pic you'll will see the little 240vac 1/10 rpm motor attached to the RA drive shaft. It already tracks reasonably well but I'm going to increase the exposure time significantly so I will need to keep an eye on it. I use the blue scope (Dodgy modified Chinese 114 Newt) to find and check alignment with target between frames (or during exposure). My big issue is to get a good polar (drift) alignment to reduce trails during a exposure.
Celestron unit should arrive next week so whole new bunch of problems to resolve then.
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