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Old 16-07-2013, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AstroJunk View Post
It's possible to sync the encoder positions off a catalogue star - it has really sharpened up my pointing. That will ovecome the first issue. A one star alignment alows you to update the home position offset, which should sort the second.

Its worth knowing about those two settings and they make a big diffrence to pointing when settting up the scope in any configuration, and as is typical, are hardly mentioned in the manual.
looks like astrofest will be a steep and hopefully productive learing curve.

i will be taking the c11 and hyperstar so if i do manage to get things humming - wow how many targets can i bag in a night?
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