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Re: [APML]: st-4 calibration
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> From: Wil Milan
> There's probably no need to say this, but just in case: Make sure the
ST-4's
> sensor is always aligned with the drive directions of the scope, so that
> during the calibration the numbers only change on one axis at a time. If
the
> ST-4 has to make corrections on two axes at a time the corrections will
take
> longer and the tracking will not be as accurate.
Yes, this I try to do, although it is difficult to get "just right". My
lx200 does have intermittant
spells of dec retrograde motion, so I need to get this alignment as close
as possible so
as to limit the st-4's dec corrections to as few as possible.
Bobby Middleton