Re: [APML] drift alignment question

[steve banbury <banburys@sonic.net>]

Thanks Jim--I spent most of last night doing my alignment, and kept
reselecting stars. 
Several iterations of 10 minute drifts can sure gobble up an evening!
After doing the Az followed by the El with El steady for 15 minutes, I went
back and saw no drift in 10 minutes on Az at 230X.

Polar alignment shouldn't be an issue when I do battle with the STV tonight.

Steve


At 02:06 PM 9/6/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>When I drift for Az, I will select a new star if I am about to go over the
>meridian, otherwise I maintain the same star through multiple adjustments.
>For El I usually keep the same star.
>
>My process is to drift Az first, until I have five minutes of no drift.
>Then I go to El and adjust to my final requiremnments of 15 to 30 minutes of
>no drift.  Then I go back to Az and adjust to the final drift.
>
>This allows for slight changes to Az by the El adjustments if you are not
>completely level etc.
>
>For me it's very easy and fast because my adjustments are usually only in
>arc seconds because of my permanent pier.
>
>Jim



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