Thanks, Steve. Stan On 3/15/2010 11:58 AM, Steve D. wrote: > Hi Stan, > Richard is correct, it takes some time to "tweek" the alignment, and it's > best done over several nights. I don't think it's anything > physical-celestial, I think it's more how the brain detects the small errors > while performing the alignment. Do an adjustment in both axes, sleep on it > and go again later. I did the same thing at my observatory over several > nights, even weeks and now, I can track an object all day or all night. I've > done this with the Sun, so I know. > Just stay with it for a few sessions and it'll be worth it. > > Steve Dodder > Chairman, SAC Novice Group > Coordinator, Grand Canyon Star Party, North Rim > Director, Stone Haven Observatory > > fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman > > > > >> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:41:59 -0700 >> From: stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Polar Alignment >> >> Thanks, Richard. It is interesting that it requires more than one night, >> in your case five. I wonder what the physical-celestial basis of this >> could be. >> Stan >> >> On 3/14/2010 10:15 PM, Richard Harshaw wrote: >> >>> I used the drift method to set the pier for my observatory, Stan, and used >>> an illuminated reticule to do it. I made tests over five different nights, >>> each one running about 30 minutes. After 4 nights, I was only getting about >>> 2 min of creep in 30 minutes, and by the end of the 5th night, the star >>> stayed centered all during the half hour run. >>> >>> IMHO, I think it is best to repeat the drift test 10 to 20 times before >>> saying you are even close to being polar aligned. >>> >>> >>> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_1 > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.