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Originally Posted by whzzz28
... I was using my lodestar for the first time and was having huge troubles getting it to 'stay' tracking. It was tracking really well... too well, so well that PHD complained often that the star didn't move. I thought that was because my polar alignment was spot on, but maybe something else is going on ...
- I am using a Hotech field flattener (not reducer) on it. Could this be inducing the problem? Sadly i never thought to try without the FF in place!
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Just a thought Nathan
I also use a Lodestar and have noticed that the ccd is full of hot pixels which might have given you cause for grief IMO!
Also contact h0ughy (sure he is one of the mods on IIS as I've seen him "swing" his axe around on some posts !LOL!) because he uses a HoTech FF on his NG 127mm scope - I also use the same with no probs - note that the FF has a "fixed" ideal distance of 55mm to the DSLR's sensor (if you already know I do apologise for repeating that) and here's a document to read:
http://www.hotechusa.com/v/vspfiles/...0sca%20ffl.pdf just in case it might prove useful
HTH
Cheers
Bill