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Drift error

Above, the angle of deviation, LX200 14" and STL11K

Let's start:
1: Setup and align your telescope roughly.
2: Find at least a moderately bright star near the meridian (South) and close to a     0° DEC. 0° Its' not mandatory.
3: Focus the star through your CCD software.
4: Set the telescope speed to its guide rate
5: Take an exposure of 125s, after 5s press the W(est) key during 60s, then press     E(ast) key during 60s too.
Now you may have a picture that looks like the one above. Our goal here is to change the < form to a straight line.

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