{"id":95,"date":"2015-06-02T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T04:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2015-06-02T18:11:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T04:11:43","slug":"polar-alignment-and-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Polar alignment and tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a misty day and evening we finally opened up and got to work on mount alignment. \u00a0Once aligned we did a quick test of tracking (about one pixel drift in 10 minutes, but we should do better), tried to take a picture of the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae (which were only 20 deg from the full moon), and called it a night. \u00a0Things are starting to work very well.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"hko150601_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_1.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_2-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"hko150601_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_2-300x220.jpg 300w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_5-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"hko150601_5\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_5-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_5-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_5.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_6-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"hko150601_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hko150601_6-300x224.jpg 300w, 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