First Light: JMI NGT-12.5

Peter Santangeli (psantangeli@No-Spam)
Thu, 29 Jun 1999 12:44:26 -0700

>.With a focal length this long, even a
> p.a. scope will not be accurate enough. You'll need to use the
> drift method.

Not sure I totally agree with this... I find that patience in
using the polar scope well gives me better results than patience
in drifting using a C11 at F6.5 or so. Polar scopes can be finicky
things, but once you get the hang of them you can do some pretty
decent alignments (again with patience... did I mention that
patience was required?:-).

I've gone as long as 1hr45m (actually, last weekend) with
scope alignment with no noticable trailing.

Probably depends on which technique you are most comfortable
and confident with.

Pete


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