Losing polar alignment?
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:42 pm
I'm hoping that someone can help me with an issue I've been having that could very well not be with the sharpcap software. I have a new AVX mount, and I have polar aligned it twice. Both times I seem to lose polar alignment. The first time I thought I had not tightened things down. But last night I had made sure the adjustment bolts were all locked down. My alignment through sharpcap was rated excellent. I then proceeded to do some testing with PhD2.
I'm just getting used to guiding, so I had been playing around for a while. In PhD it has a new guide assistant. I was noticing the polar error was quite high. So I went back to Sharpcap, and not only was I not aligned. But I couldn't even resolve in the first step of polar alignment.
Logic tells me that this has to be a physical issue, and bumping the mount would be the first question. At one point last night I had to unlock the clutches of the mount to bring it back to home position. Other than that I didn't touch it and I was pretty sure during that process that I did not move or bump it. Is unlocking the clutches a problem?
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks
Kevin
I'm just getting used to guiding, so I had been playing around for a while. In PhD it has a new guide assistant. I was noticing the polar error was quite high. So I went back to Sharpcap, and not only was I not aligned. But I couldn't even resolve in the first step of polar alignment.
Logic tells me that this has to be a physical issue, and bumping the mount would be the first question. At one point last night I had to unlock the clutches of the mount to bring it back to home position. Other than that I didn't touch it and I was pretty sure during that process that I did not move or bump it. Is unlocking the clutches a problem?
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks
Kevin