I set up as usual with my newly drawn tripod foot markers getting me within 6 arc-minutes of the pole before running drift alignment. Tuned PA up, pointed to Deneb for focusing, then swung over to M33 for framing and to start the run. The first couple of subs had a lot of star movement in
When I went out to check on things a couple of hours later, I found almost no usable subs and the PHD2 guiding graph showed a lot of large (5-10 arc-second) excursions in
It was getting late and I figured I wouldn't be fixing anything this night. I was withing 30 minutes of
Time to break things down. At this point I found the guide camera USB had gotten lose from the harness and wrapped itself around the polar alignment scope at the back of the
If the weather holds I will take another crack at this Monday night. Live and learn.
Bob