hello all, thank you for allowing me to join the group. I am having trouble polar aligning my c14" edge hd using the drift method.( i am in the southern hemisphere, so no polaris)? i am using a 9mm plossl? illuminated reticle eyepiece. Am i right in thinking that is far too much magnification given that the focal length of the ota. is 3910 divide that by 9mm ( reticle eyepiece ) equals a mag of? 434x. i guess that the very small FOV wont help either, i cant even find one star in my eyepiece. i used the same eyepiece to drift align with a meade 12" and it? worked very well. any suggestions would be MOST welcome. thank you so much. clear skies! peter.
