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After doing some more research, it appears that the latitude scales on these mounts are not known to be accurate and are just a rough guide to get you in the ballpark.
So tonight I went out and had another go at polar alignment. I set the Dec to 90 and RA so the counterweight was perpendicular hanging down. I used my binos to locate the 3 sort of bright stars in the centre of Octans that point to the SCP and aligned the scope/mount accordingly. I then looked through the scope and tweaked the latitude and azimuth adjusters on the mount till the centre of FOV was where I though the SCP should be. This was Ok but at x166 mag my targets were quickly drifting away from my RA axis. I made some slight adjustments that enabled the target to stay in the center of FOV for about 5 min, which I though OK for a first go at it.
cheers
Damien
Last edited by Damienandwendy; 05-08-2011 at 07:45 PM.
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