redvis
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/30/05
Posts: 1176
Loc: Southern California
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Hi everyone,
Due to a disagreement with the property owner of the place I use to do my imaging I have lost access to the property.
My new place unfortunately does not have access to either horizon low enough for accurate drift alignment. At the previous place I could easily get to the western horizon for drift alignment. I tried to drift align at the new location last night and could not get it accurate as I had to use a star that was too high in the eastern sky and have no access to the western sky.
My question is this: is there another way to do drift alignment when access to either horizon is limited? What are my other options? Would a GPS-enabled scope and autoguiding remove the need for drift alignment?
Is there any hope for those of us with limited access to each horizon to do drift alignment for astrophotography?
Thank you for any help - this is a very frustrating set back and I hope there is some solution!
Thanks,
Cameran
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Joe Cipriano
Entropy Personified
Reged: 09/03/05
Posts: 8087
Loc: Uh... anyone have a GPS?
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I posted an alignment procedure for you to try in the DSLR forum; hope it helps.
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Scottsdale, AZ (Haven't found anything to make a snide remark about... yet.)
Purveyor of fine snark since 1962.
"You always a wiseass?"
"No. Sometimes I'm asleep." Harry Dresden
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bilgebay
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/06/08
Posts: 2682
Loc: Türkiye - Istanbul and Marmari...
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Dear Joe,
I have the same problem but I couldn't access your procedure. Could you please tell me how I can find this information.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
regards
Sedat
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Sedat
Scopes: C5, Long Perng 80mm, A80SS, AT65EDQ, Lunt LS80THa/PT/B1800/FT, Mini Borg 50 mm, TMB-92 SS, SVP 8", Lightbridge 16", FSQ106EDX, Orion SQ XT12i, C8 Edge HD + Hyperstar 3
Mounts: Vixen New Atlux, controlled via NexAtlux, Vixen Polarie, Astrotrac TT320X-AG, Celestron AVX
Cameras: Canon 550D - Hutech, Atik 460EXM, Nikon 5100D monofied by Icodome
and lots of glass and metal to be used with the above 
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