Trouble getting Sky Watcher AL-EQ55i Pro to guide properly

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prsharma

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Mar 20, 2026, 11:11:04 AM (16 hours ago) Mar 20
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Hello:
I am new to astrophotography and guiding and having trouble getting my mount to track accurately. I opened a ticket with Sky Watcher and they asked for a PHD2 log from an unguided session. Sky Watcher support reviewed the log and are saying the mount is working fine but when I look at the log in PHD2 log viewer I see huge periodic swings on both axis. I thought I'd post the same logs here and see if someone here can confirm. If it is working normally, what can I do to improve tracking? 

In the log you will see I did the following:
- Ran calibration Assistant
- Ran Drift alignment
- Ran guiding assistant
- Ran the unguided session capture for 50 minutes
- Ran calibration assistant again that shows issues in Dec but the orthogonality error is very low (0.3). 
- Ran a short guided session that shows the issue I am having. Even though my polar alignment error is 3.1' 

Can anyone help point me in the right direction? 

Thank you!


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