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Old 19-01-2011, 11:28 PM
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BlackWidow (Mardy)
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SCP Alignment Frustration

We now I know why I purchased a Field De-Rotator. I has been having some good results with my De-rotator, but decided it's time to put the scope on a wedge and align the scope. Full moon does not help when trying to find the stars around the SCP. Now I am tring to drift align using a reticle using the instructions I found on this site for an LX200 (which I have)... I am not going to give up on this, but this is a real pain in the back end. I just dont seem to be able to get rid of the drift north and south with the Asimuth adjustment on the wedge. As a mobile setup I have been at this for hours and at this rate won't be able to get any pictures before the sun comes up again




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