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Re: G11G and Polar Alignment

 

That's ...interesting.

I mean that Sharpcap should care to tell you specifically to turn off tracking (they can't really mean to turn the whole mount off, can they?), whereas Polemaster does not mind if your mount is on or off.??

During Polemaster operation:

I leave my mount tracking sidereal rate , then I use my RA motor to rotate the RA axis when instructed by its software.? ?

Have fun,

These astronomy related puzzles keep coming like the daily Soduko.? Some days are tougher than others!

Best,

Michael





On Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 4:44 PM Sonny Edmonds <pedmondsjr@...> wrote:
I Polar Align with my GM811G off. Otherwise, if mine is on, my RA is tracking. (Moving, rotating.)
Plus, Polar Alignment is a mechanical function of Polar Aligning the mount to the North Celestial Pole. Which does not move.
The actual aligning is the Alt-Az planes.
Polaris rotates around the NCP.

But, by all means do it your way. If it works, Don't Fix It.
What I'm doing is working, or so my results are telling me.
Clear night tonight! Yeah!
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SonnyE


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