Hello,
I have a large RA drift rate ( 106.51''/mn), guiding with ASIAR plus .
Do you know the origin and the way to correct it?
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Thank you
large RA drift rate
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menards
, Jun 18 2025 10:54 AM
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Posted 18 June 2025 - 10:54 AM
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Posted 18 June 2025 - 12:36 PM
How good is your polar alignment?
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Posted 19 June 2025 - 04:06 AM
I've seen this situation before recently (maybe it was you ?).
PA is fine, which would only affect Dec.
The RA guiding trend is flat, showing RMS 0.5 to 0.6arcsecs,
But offset 2.5arcsec up from the axis.
And continuous RA correction pulses do not bring RA back to the axis.
I suspect this is an ASIAir bug.
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Posted 20 June 2025 - 02:36 AM
Polar alignment error is about 5'
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