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Originally Posted by Peter.M
The other thing that I have found with alignmaster is you need to be semi spot on before you even use it. I usually do a rough drift and then open it. If you are way off to start with then when it slews away to do the alignment the star will be so far away that no adjustments of the mount will bring it back to center.
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Originally Posted by mswhin63
I have to agree once you have a good initial alignment I was able to get double the amount of exposure time on my next time around. I was always stuck at 60 seconds. I finally managed to find a couple of stars in reasonable view a few nights ago and was able to get 120 seconds unguided. I also believe I could have managed a few shots at 240 seconds but it was very late at night.
I use my 450D for alignment but I think I will use the eyepiece initially before switching to the 450D.
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Thanks guys. I think the alignment issue is going to be my biggest challenge with Alignmaster not giving me good stars for my backyard. I have changed the 'sterne.txt' file provided on IIS for more local stars but still no good. Oddly enough when I first loaded Alignmaster (on a night I didn't have the scope setup) it gave me Canopus and Achenar at the top of the list at about 8.30. No problems I thought. Never since
. I am going to give drift alignment a go just so I can tear some more hair out.