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compare scope and phone (Google sky)

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mweasner 6 pts

DaliborGrubacevic There are many alignment tip articles on the Helpful Information: AutoStar Info

page. What type of AutoStar alignment are you doing: Easy, One Star, Two Star? How far off is the first

alignment star? Do you get "Alignment Successful" on the screen at the end? How far off (in degrees) is the

object you are GOTOing? Yes, lots of questions but if the articles don't help you, knowing the answers can

help pinpoint what the problem could be.

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DaliborGrubacevic 5 pts

mweasner DaliborGrubacevic Hi and tnx for you quick answer! I'm doing Easy

alignment. And at the end Autostar says "Alignment Successful". Pointing of course scope to true

north. How far? well pretty far. at this moment I was trying to find moon (looking at the Google

sky on my android phone-because of the daylight). My android phone (HTC One X) shows little

more to the left then scope. Scope turned more to north and the moon is more to the west. Let say

around 10 degrees more left! Everything is accually more left the than scope!

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DaliborGrubacevic 5 pts

mweasner and just to say. I was reseting scope. Calibrating motors, Training drive.

Everything went fine. And then again after all that same story! :(

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mweasner 6 pts

DaliborGrubacevic It sounds like you are trying to view the moon in the daytime (since it

is a waning crescent and in the western sky during the daytime. How you you centering the

alignment stars in the daytime? Is it just the moon that is off? The AutoStar #494 on the ETX-70

has really old software and the moon calculations can be off. When GOTOing stars or DSOs, are

they off by the same amount as the moon?

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DaliborGrubacevic 5 pts

mweasner Yep, maybe it's stupid of me to trying to view the moon in the daytime. I'll

wait for a couple of days and then see how much of deviation my scope has. And yes DSO are

also more to left that ETX find!

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