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Old 18-01-2013, 10:46 AM
mbaddah (Mo)
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Originally Posted by seeker372011 View Post
Hi Mohammed

The Borg sits on a heavy duty Benro ball head, which sits on an Astrotrac wedge, which in turn sits on a heavy duty Benro tripod.

Always hang a weight off the tripods hook to lower centre of gravity and add a bit of stability

Narayan
Hi Narayan,

I also have a heavy duty Benro tripod, but use a Manfrotto 410 geared head (which i love) and 486rc2 ball head (which i hate!).

Another question, when you drift align are you running the astrotrac in test mode and following the ccd drift alignment (i.e. run it fordward 1min then backward 1 min etc..) or are you simply just imaging for 30seconds while the astrotrac is tracking normally?

Thanks again
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