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Old 25-04-2011, 10:11 PM
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BlackWidow (Mardy)
Seeing Stars

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Why can't I get PHD to lock onto stars?

Well this is about night 3 of not getting anywhere. I am trying to get PHD to work with my SPC900nc as a guide scope.. I can get the cam working and find a star all ok but don't seem to be able to keep the scope locked onto a star. It does it's calibration and starts to guide all OK but the star slowly drifts up the screen and then the tracking is lost??

I can see the North, South and East West corrections being calculated at the bottom of the screen but after a few min the star seems to move out of the bok and the tracking is lost. I have been adjusting settings like working out a Rubiks Cube and still no luck.

Any ideas would be great. The only thing I can think of is that I am not polar aligned well enough. I am waiting for my key to use Alignmaster. I thought I was pretty near the mark..

Any tips would be great as I am at about frustration level 8.5 at this point.

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Mardy
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