I would tend to agree with RP on this one, as these are the stars I normally
use for my 2-star alignment - and I am yet to have a problem with M57. I
made some basic errors the first night I had the 'scope, trying to align -
double-check your stars in a good atlas, or against a good PC program.

Mike

>
> >scope will be about 10 degrees off. When I then check the 1st
> >site info(which is the only one I have used since the scope was new), the
> >lattitude minutes are changed(different numbers each time) and the scope
> >has to be alligned again.
>
> Hmmm. Ten DEGREES off for M57 after Deneb-Arcturus alignment? --as a
> result of mere MINUTES of latitude difference? Seems very bizarre. This
> sounds suspiciously like operator error, perhaps...which is possible if
> you're
> a new user.
>
> RP
> Pgh PA
>
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