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Thats a hard one to say...for instance, last night( under polar alignment).. firstly, the accuracy of the goto was WAAAAAAAY off, like I mean 30 deg. or more. Then I would direct it to go to Jupiter..and it would be pointing east when Jupiter was nearly exactly north.
When autoguiding it wont guide N/S (I have 2 hand controllers, neither will do it...suggesting it is something to do with the Dec motor again)
The clutch on the Dec motor was slipping if I added even a small bit of weight, so putting my DSLR on was a no go.
When in ALt-az mode.. although the goto is still off (always has been), it behaves itself ok. It will hold any object for hours on end.. everything seems fine until you wedge it, then..when you need that tight level of accuracy.. all the problems seem to appear.
Problem with keeping it as a "viewing only" scope is that I rarely want to just view... and its a lot of money to have just sitting around waiting for a night when I dont feel like photographing.
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