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Originally Posted by dannat
James how long is this process taking you? If you goto the imaging sub forum there is an eos utility, it has red lines so you can align your mount -then start tracking & see which way it moves..
Or you can drift align with the camera like a telescope- just remember the camera gives a right side up image..pick a star low in E, adjust s necessary then pick a star above & do the same..
Your method should get you there I just wonder how long it takes you
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I have actually just started leaving my tripod outside now - and my viewing location does not give me much to see to the east or west. the EOS utility looks handy, but alas my laptop for imaging runs linux - i have simple shell scripts that i preset to adjust my exposure time and ISO, and the laptop saves the images directly to a network share, so i can view the raw .CR2 files on a desktop with a 1920x1200 screen as soon as they are saved.
I'm getting tempted to rig up a small cradle with servos to press the appropriate buttons when required to change the clock motor speed/direction, so i will only need to be outside for the time taken to adjust the mount, instead of waiting for the timer i am using currently to tell me.
Another issue i ran into recently was having my mount and camera balanced too well - without some tention on the gears, instead of getting straight trails, when i switched from forwards to reverse, with no weight to take up the slop the lines ended up becoming wiggles instead of small arcs
I guess the main issue i am seeing is once i point the camera up at something worth imaging, any errors are amplified, or more errors are introduced by the mount, and due to the camera being at an odd fiagonal angle, its tricky to make any corrections