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Star Adventurer Polar Scope Alignment

Posted on May 9, 2018 by james

Having checked the tracking accuracy of my Star Adventurer already, I wanted to make sure the polar scope was correctly aligned before trusting it to location the pole using Polaris. There are a couple of things to worry about for … Continue reading →

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Star Adventurer Tracking Accuracy Results

Posted on April 27, 2018 by james

After running for 24 hours I stopped the SA running and measured the distance from the finishing point to my initial mark: Looks like it’s gone a bit too far. However, that’s in a solar day, not a sidereal day, … Continue reading →

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Checking Star Adventurer tracking accuracy

Posted on April 25, 2018 by james

I wanted to get this done now so I can get any problems sorted before actually wanting to use the mount in anger, so I’ve set the entire mount up with the counterweight bar almost touching a wall. I marked … Continue reading →

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Star Adventuring

Posted on April 25, 2018 by james

My new-to-me, but used, Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount has arrived! As discussed in another post, the plan is to use this on a Neewer Carbon Fiber (sic) 65 tripod to mount a TS Photoline 72mm OTA and Canon 450D, possibly … Continue reading →

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