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Originally Posted by Terry B
For the SS2000 the recommended mode for drift align is polar aligned and a 1 star align. If you use more than that it is too clever and will try to correct the alignment error it measured and will possibly bump the dec axis. This defeats the purpose of the drift align routine.
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Terry - huge thanks for that - it's exactly what I needed to hear. As soon as the skies clear I'll try again.
BTW - I do have PoleAlignMax and the full DC3 pinpoint version - haven't experiment with them yet. I think I'll try a manual drift align - plugging my data into that little arc tangent function to see what drift corrections it advises then using Jupiter's diameter as my measuring post. I'll also give PEMPro another whirl now I know to use the SS2K in one star - polar aligned mode!
Terry out of interest - did you read that somewhere or were you able to deduce it from experience?
Finally to a point I raised earlier once I have a two star alignment - is the error in goto'ing a 3rd and final alignment star a reasonably good indication of polar misalignment (plus cone errors)?
Thanks all,
Matt