I tried using indi_skywatcherAltAz mount last evening, but "crashed and burned" (pilot-speak for failure). It drove the scope smoothly, but I couldn't hit a target on GOTO...close, but not close enough. Also, it wouldn't hold a target. Drift made it impossible to use. Sync seemed to have no effect. I get a feeling that using it with a guide scope, constantly correcting and holding position, is the ticket.

This may sound odd, but highly appropriate: We got frustrated and decided to use the Tablet with Synscan. In a navigation error (heading for the wrong fuzzy gray area after a near miss GOTO) trying for the Angelfish Cluster, we ended up at the "Dumbbell Nebula." Perhaps that is the default. If one fails to operate the scope properly, one ends up at the dumbbell.

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