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Old 21-01-2011, 10:54 PM
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BlackWidow (Mardy)
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Polar Alignment causes murder of a Telescope

Night 3. I have read and read and gone red. I am not able to get this scope aligned at all. I have tried every method I have found on the net. I think I have alighnment but when I use a reticle and drift test I am not getting what I am reading. I start with mey east west drift only to find the star just travels down my eypeice without any East west movement at all. I think its back to the De-Rotator for me as I have had a gut full of it. Next step will be telescope murder if I keep this up. I have got my head around the software for photograpy, processing and got some good shots with the de-rotator. However getting polar alignment is proving to be the bigest challenge I have had so far. I just can't get it.....

If thier is anyone from the ASSA that would be happpy to help it would be greatly appreciated.

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