Quote: Based on the success you claim and the poor performance some others (like me) have had, I'd leave it alone and only use the auto align. It really is convenient and easy, and if it had worked for me I would have been MUCH happier.
You do have a point...if it ain't broke don't fix it. Now, if I can just make myself leave it alone... I wonder why people get such mixed results with these scopes? The optics seem to be really good on most of them from what I read, it's just the go-to that seems to be the big variable.
-------------------- Randy
Edmund Astroscan
Meade ETX125PE
Skywatcher 102mm F5 & Alt/Az Mount
Orion ST80/Mini EQ1
Tasco Starguide 114/Celestron Hand Paddle
Pentax 10x50 Binoculars
Philips SPC 900NC
Stellacam EX
I went out for a little while this evening. I decided to just forget the 2 star alignment for today anyway. I auto aligned and the go-to's were in the fov of my 14mm Radian for about the 1st 10 slews, then they got worse for some reason. I restarted it and did another auto align and everything was okay then. I usually use my 40mm for finding objects but was just playing around with the 14 earlier. I'm still fighting the urge to reset, calibrate motors and train drives again.
-------------------- Randy
Edmund Astroscan
Meade ETX125PE
Skywatcher 102mm F5 & Alt/Az Mount
Orion ST80/Mini EQ1
Tasco Starguide 114/Celestron Hand Paddle
Pentax 10x50 Binoculars
Philips SPC 900NC
Stellacam EX
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Now, if I can just make myself leave it alone... 
I wonder why people get such mixed results with these scopes? The optics seem to be really good on most of them from what I read, it's just the go-to that seems to be the big variable.
I restarted it and did another auto align and everything was okay then. I usually use my 40mm for finding objects but was just playing around with the 14 earlier. I'm still fighting the urge to reset, calibrate motors and train drives again. 