Greetings. I'm hoping someone can tell me if I have polar alignment problem or something else. My RA corrections are always in one direction. I know for DEC this can be a good thing. But in RA, close to 99 of 100 corrections are all in the same direction. PHD2 guiding assistant tells me my polar alignment is off. I've been polar aligning using the QHY Polemaster camera. I get the alignment dead on, then run it twice more to confirm. Yet, still one sided RA corrections and PHD2 guiding asst saying PA is off. Trees prevent me from doing an ideal drift align. I have tried drift aligning the best I can, but RMS increases, subs are worse, and the QHY Polemaster confirms bad PA. With the one sided corrections, I can usually guide with 1-1.5 arc second RMS. With my setup I can get 10 minute subs with just a hint of star elongation. I'd love to be able consistently guide with less than 1 arc second rms.
I'm using an Orion Atlas, Orion Starshoot autoguder, Orion short tube 80 guidescope, PHD2, ascom pulse guiding, no st4.
I'm using an Orion Atlas, Orion Starshoot autoguder, Orion short tube 80 guidescope, PHD2, ascom pulse guiding, no st4.