Re: [APML] Field Rotation on a LX-200 with wedge?

["Jim Ives" <flyboy9990@earthlink.net>]

I agree with Alan Christopher. I used a wedge mounted Meade 8" for quite
some time when I was manually guiding. I never had any problems with field
rotation as long as the polar alignment was good. It never slipped and fell
out of alignment or anything.  You should be ok with it. I think what he
really meant was periodic error in the gears. Mine had very jumpy speratic
periodic error.
Jim Ives
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Voetsch" <critter12952@yahoo.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Field Rotation on a LX-200 with wedge?


> Hi Christopher,
>
> --- "Christopher E." <cengell@attbi.com> wrote:
> > My question will the wedge mounted LX-200 with good
> > a polar alignment have Field Rotation problems??
>
> If you spend the time to do a good alignment, you
> should not have problems. You are just as likely to
> have field rotation with any other type of mount if it
> doesn't have accurate polar alignment.
>
> Alan
>
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