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Spent 3 hours stacking my Cassiopeia shot before I noticed the stars were trailing
I spent three whole nights imaging Cassiopeia last week only to realize my polar alignment was off by a tiny amount. Took me an hour to figure out why the stars looked like little footballs in every frame. Has anyone else wasted a full session because of a simple alignment mistake?
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wendyk5626d ago
Did you check your polar scope alignment or just wing it with a visual guess? Sometimes even a tiny drift can ruin a whole batch, but three nights stings worse lol. What method do you usually use to double-check your alignment before shooting?
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joseph_ellis8526d ago
Honestly I just wing it with the polar scope every time. Hasn't failed me yet but maybe I'm just lucky. You use drift alignment?
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