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Originally Posted by whzzz28
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Also tried drift aligning with PHD but PHD kept loosing the star even though the SNR was pretty good and i could clearly see the star on screen. It also failed to calibrate on stars near the meridian, would calibrate E and W fine but when it hit north, the stars stopped moving. PHD then complains that the star didn't move enough, but the mount is obviously tracking it as it is staying in screen...
Thanks.
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Nathan I am a newbie to this also and it is totally frustrating. I gave drift aligning a go but gave up. Up, down, north, south, meridian, east, reverse image .. arghh! I am sure it is simple but there are so many "easy" guides out there that all seem to have a slightly different way to do it. I think I just need someone to physically show me how to do it and I will be right.
I have had success with Alignmaster though.
However in regards to your using PHD to drift align, are you trying to guide with it and then use you graph (in PHD) to get better results? If not then you should only be using the "capture" mode in PHD with the bullseye turned on to view the drift of that star rather than trying to guide with it. If your polar alignment is a fair bit out I don't think PHD will be able to 'guide' for very long. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
With Alignmaster (if I polar align as well a possible on setup) I usually and have millimeter movements (if that) to correct alignment when using the software.
Cheers
Dave