LXD55 10" SN goto problems

I just got a LXD55 10" SN about 3 weeks ago and i am having touble with the goto. I bought it used from a club member so i know it works because he showed me. But when i do a Polar alignment (rough, just putting polaris on the crosshairs of the polar scope) shouldnt that be good enough to get an object in a 26mm EP? I do a 2 star alignment and got a Success message, then i told it to goto m27 but it wasnt even in the eyepiece,so i found it and then i synced it, the told it to goto m57 which is really close, it wasnt even in the eyepiece still, so i found that and synced it. THEN i went BACK to m27 and it STILL wansnt in there so i synced it again, and i did this 1 more time and it didnt get any better. Any reason as to why it doesnt work correctly?

Matthew,

I would suggest joining the Yahoo LXD55 group (an excellent resource for these scopes) and posting your question thereas well since quite a few people with that same scope subscribe to it. I'm not personally familiar with goto scopes but I have heard that the LXD55 mount can be really finicky when it comes to alignment procedures; if you describe the setup process you used in detail hopefully someone there will have a solution. I did see one recent post claiming that aligning with polaris and then using a single star alignment yielded more accurate goto's so that may be worth a try.

Clear Skies,

Joplin