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12 years 1 week ago #93376 by manic_dave
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Hi there

im new with my nexstar 4 and im trying to take some photos with it.

the problem is the telescope does not seem to be tracking correctly.

Im using the 3 star alignment.

and the pictures all show as streaks for anything over 3 seconds exposures.

any ideas what im doing wrong?

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12 years 1 week ago #93380 by Nerro
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Hi,
What mount are you using?
The 3 star allignment is for go to accuracy.for tracking you have to polar allign the mount properly.
Hope that helps.
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12 years 1 week ago #93381 by manic_dave
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hi there

im using the computerized altazimuth mount

that came with the telescope

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12 years 1 week ago #93382 by Nerro
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Well in that case you will need to get a wedge for your mount to be able to polar allign your mount and there should be an option in your hand controller aswell.never done that before so don't know much about it but it is possible.

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