I have had a G11 and a Titan on a mount in my observatory and I have always had to do a sync to a star in the east and the west to get it to land on the cross hairs of the chip. Most of the time, if your wires and cables are not dragging it should put the star on the chip somewhere. However, the cables drag cause you problems and you can see that if you try to sync on a star close to the north pole instead of one well south east or southwest.
You should not have to polar align every start up unless you change the equipment or change the balance, etc.
From: Sonny Edmonds Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2020 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Gemini 1 lost
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On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 11:16 AM, E. Brett Waller wrote:
The Earth moving in relation to the stars does NOT require either polar realignment?of the mount or a new pointing model. The stars are sufficiently distant that the Earth's movement in its orbit does not introduce any significant angular displacement.??
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Brett
My experience has proven otherwise, Brett. So I run through my routine every time I begin an evening. To me accuracy counts. ? -- SonnyE
